ceramics
- (used with a singular verb) the art or technology of making objects of clay and similar materials treated by firing.
- (used with a plural verb) articles of earthenware, porcelain, etc.
Origin of ceramics
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
Examples from the Web for ceramics
Contemporary Examples of ceramics
The Daily Pic: James Hyde combines painting, ceramics and photography.
The photo's blues and oranges seem to echo some of the greatest Islamic ceramics.
I also love strolling around Chinatown to shop for things like ceramics.
Historical Examples of ceramics
Ceramics engineering: general ceramics and ceramics engineering; ceramics; ceramics engineering.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
The making of ceramics was developed to an art, as was the making of different types of glass.
Space PrisonTom Godwin
Naturally my chief solicitude was about my collection of Ceramics.
A Tramp Abroad, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The ceramics of England are of special interest to the American reader.
The Ceramic ArtJennie J. Young
What thickness of ceramics, or fabric, or rubber, or metal remained!
Double or NothingJack Sharkey
ceramics
- (functioning as singular) the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc
ceramic
- 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 ceramicthis vase is ceramic
- of or relating to ceramicsceramic arts and crafts
Word Origin for ceramic
Word Origin and History for ceramics
ceramic
1850, keramic, from Greek keramikos, from keramos "potter's clay, pottery, tiles," perhaps from a pre-Hellenic word. Watkins suggests possible connection with Latin cremare "to burn," but Klein's sources are firmly against this. Spelling influenced by French céramique (1806). Related: ceramist (1855). Ceramics is attested from 1857.
ceramic
- 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.