aluminous

American  

[uh-loo-muh-nuhs] / əˈlu mə nəs /

adjective

1. of the nature of or containing alum or alumina.

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aluminous British  

/ əˈluːmɪnəs, əˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. resembling aluminium

2. another word for aluminiferous

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Other Word Forms

• aluminosity
  noun
• semialuminous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of aluminous

1535–45; < French alumineux or Latin alūminōsus; see alum ¹, -ous

Example Sentences

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aluminous

"The American golden rod, solidago canadensis, affords a very beautiful yellow to wool, silk and cotton upon an aluminous basis."

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

Alum is also made from crude pyrites and other aluminous mixtures.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

This is very characteristic of a pure aluminous mordant, and of one containing iron.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

The earthy powder, which remains three to four digits thick as the residue of the alum at the bottom of the trough is again thrown into the caldron and boiled with fresh aluminous material.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

There may be employed with the aluminous base, either the arseniate, the borate, or the phosphate of cobalt; but the latter in preference, as it produces the purest colour.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter