aluminous
Americanadjective
adjective
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resembling aluminium
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another word for aluminiferous
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of aluminous
1535–45; < French alumineux or Latin alūminōsus; see alum 1, -ous
Example Sentences
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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 Thomas Salter
The neighbouring mountain abounded with a very black fissile aluminous stone.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Carl von Linn?
Upon granite soils, it will be of less value than silicious or aluminous ones.
From Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Solon Robinson
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
A light and pleasing blue, with a greenish-grey cast by day, it possesses little depth or richness, and is far excelled in beauty by a good aluminous cobalt.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
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