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
Lime, magnesia, and barytes, are infusible, either when alone, or when combined together; but, especially lime, they assist the fusion of every other body.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
It can be readily cut with a knife, and is infusible in any ordinary furnace heat.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones
The heat to which it was exposed was sufficient to volatilize the most infusible substances known to exist.
From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Thomas Nathaniel Orchard
It contains about 82 per cent of alumina, and a small portion of iron; is very hard; is practically infusible, and is not attacked by acids.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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