Asbestos
[æz'bestɒs;æs-;-təs] or [æs'bɛstəs]
Definition
(noun.) a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer.
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Definition
(n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
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Definition
n. an incombustible mineral a variety of hornblende of a fine fibrous texture resembling flax: (fig.) anything unquenchable.—adjs. Asbes′tic Asbes′tous Asbes′tine of or like asbestos: incombustible.
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Examples
- Asbestos commenced to be used about the same time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- As for paper, there is everything in white and colored, from thinnest tissue up to the heaviest asbestos, even a few newspapers being always on hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the _asbestos_, which purifies by fire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Two vessels, one inside the other, are separated by sawdust, asbestos, or other poor conducting material (Fig. 18). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The filters used in ordinary dwellings are of stone, asbestos, or charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The armature, or moving part of the machine, consists in reality of eight separate armatures all constructed of corrugated sheet iron covered with asbestos and wound with wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Asbestos commenced to be used about the same time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- As for paper, there is everything in white and colored, from thinnest tissue up to the heaviest asbestos, even a few newspapers being always on hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the _asbestos_, which purifies by fire. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Two vessels, one inside the other, are separated by sawdust, asbestos, or other poor conducting material (Fig. 18). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The filters used in ordinary dwellings are of stone, asbestos, or charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The armature, or moving part of the machine, consists in reality of eight separate armatures all constructed of corrugated sheet iron covered with asbestos and wound with wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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