ceramic
of or relating to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture: ceramic art.
ceramic material.
Origin of ceramic
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How to use ceramic in a sentence
You do not want to see a single speck of uncoated ceramic, so if you end up with a spotty coating, don’t be afraid to clean it out and start again.
If loving a piping hot chocolate lava cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right | Becky Krystal | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostCrystals and ceramics — hard materials made baking minerals at very high temperatures — both can.
Porcelain or ceramic hair dryers are non-ionic and use these materials to generate steady heat.
The best hair dryer: Get a salon-worthy blowout at home | Carsen Joenk | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe trimmer is compatible with any Andis ceramic or Ultraedge blade, which means over 20 options.
The best beard trimmer: Shape your facial hair with ease | Carsen Joenk | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn ultrasonic humidifiers, a ceramic diaphragm is placed within the water tank and vibrates against the water at a high rate, causing mist to form and be forced out of the unit.
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My finger burned when it touched the blossom of lead embedded in the ceramic armor.
Having met in 1952 while Jacqueline was working in a ceramic studio, the couple moved in together two years later.
ceramic pieces, metal fragments, seeds and human remains have been uncovered by archeologists at the site.
It is actually the coagulation of thousands of ceramic poppies.
Blood and War: The Hard Truth About ‘Boots on the Ground’ | Clive Irving | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn London, a sea of ceramic poppies were released from the Tower of London to mark the date.
William And Kate Mark World War I Centenary In Belgium | Tom Sykes | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTceramic pipes were made to carry water from the spring to a waterwheel.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinGeo reached toward the boy's neck where a ceramic disk hung from a leather thong.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyThe mineral is also an important constituent of most ceramic glazes.
Madame de Pompadour considerably encouraged the ceramic art, and it arrived at the height of perfection.
The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods | William ChaffersAll other ceramic fragments, with one exception, were associated with objects dating earlier than 1660.
North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century | C. Malcolm Watkins
British Dictionary definitions for ceramic
/ (sɪˈræmɪk) /
a hard brittle material made by firing clay and similar substances
an object made from such a material
of, relating to, or made from a ceramic: this vase is ceramic
of or relating to ceramics: ceramic arts and crafts
Origin of ceramic
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for ceramic
[ sə-răm′ĭk ]
Any of various hard, brittle, heat- and corrosion-resistant materials made typically of metallic elements combined with oxygen or with carbon, nitrogen, or sulfur. Most ceramics are crystalline and are poor conductors of electricity, though some recently discovered copper-oxide ceramics are superconductors at low temperatures.
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