infusible
1 Americanadjective
adjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of infusible1
First recorded in 1545–55; in- 3 + fusible
Origin of infusible2
Example Sentences
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President Clinton is expected to soon sign a bill repealing the decades-old restrictions that have divided brokerage and banking into infusible industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are not so capable of developing the viscous condition when heated as mixtures—some of them are easily attacked by water, and many of those which are insoluble are comparatively infusible.
From The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students by Shenstone, W. A.
In 1735 G. Brandt prepared an impure cobalt metal, which was magnetic and very infusible.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
This clamming or stopping is a mixture of sand, sieved dust, ground pitchers, or other infusible siftings held99 together with a very little waste glaze and water.
From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.
If the materials had been agate or cornelian, or the most infusible substances known on the earth, they would have been fused and driven into vapour by the intensity of the sun's rays.
From The Story of the Heavens by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir
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