Borazon

[bawr-uh-zon, bohr-]

Chemistry, Trademark.

a brand name for a cubic, diamondlike, extremely hard form of boron nitride, obtained at high temperatures and pressures: used as an abrasive and grinding agent.

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British Dictionary definitions for borazon

borazon

noun

an extremely hard form of boron nitride

Word Origin for borazon

C20: from bor (on) + azo- + -on

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