aluminous

American  

[uh-loo-muh-nuhs] / əˈlu mə nəs /

adjective

1. of the nature of or containing alum or alumina.

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aluminous British  

/ əˈluːmɪnəs, əˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. resembling aluminium

2. another word for aluminiferous

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Other Word Forms

• aluminosity noun
• semialuminous adjective

Etymology

Origin of aluminous

1535–45; < French alumineux or Latin alūminōsus; alum ¹, -ous

Example Sentences

The waters of these are pure, and impregnated chiefly with aluminous and calcareous matter, giving to the St. Lawrence river a fresh and admirable element and aliment.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

They are divisible into three classes—the stannic cerulian blue, the aluminous cobalt blues, and the siliceous smalts.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Potassium bisulphate is useful in the preliminary treatment of refractory aluminous ores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Insoluble silicious and aluminous matter 53.57 100.00 The sugar of the cane and grape sugar are distinguished by the following difference in their elements, as proved by analysis:— Canesugar.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Soil.—The soil best suiting the sugar cane is aluminous rather than the contrary, tenacious without being heavy, readily allowing excessive moisture to drain away, yet not light.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.