corium
Americannoun
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coria
plural
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Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
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Entomology. the thickened, leathery, basal portion of a hemelytron.
noun
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Also called: derma. dermis. the deep inner layer of the skin, beneath the epidermis, containing connective tissue, blood vessels, and fat
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entomol the leathery basal part of the forewing of hemipterous insects
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of corium
1645–55; < Latin: skin, hide, leather
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But March 13, 2011, wasn’t a normal day—the water in the reactor was gone, corium had melted through the reactor vessel, and the primary containment had been breached.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
It was only a matter of time before the molten corium would eat through the reactor vessel and fall to the floor of the concrete containment chamber.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Unless they could cool the mass of corium, the chain reaction would continue unchecked, growing hotter and hotter until the corium ate through the concrete of the secondary containment.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Beneath that was a lumpy mass of cooled corium.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
By then, the melting fuel rods had probably already begun to pool at the bottom of the reactor in a molten mass called corium.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
"Summon one of the swiftest of the coria and have it wait in readiness," he added, as though by afterthought.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
And perhaps here is the best place to explain the activation of the shells or coria.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
And these coria of ours are each greater in weight than ten of yours.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
Quickly we passed on; drew away from the coria path.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
A dozen of the coria clustered, filled with Lugur's men and in one of them Lugur himself, laughing wickedly!
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
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