infusible
1 Americanadjective
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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
It is scarcely possible, however, that this is what Agricola meant by this term, for such a substance would be highly infusible.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Thus an ore containing a large proportion of fluor-spar may with great advantage be employed to flux another containing felspar or quartz, which substances are almost infusible alone.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 by Robert Chambers
Lux metal he did not make, but relux, the infusible, perfect conductor, and cosmium in tremendous masses, he did make.
From Invaders from the Infinite by John Wood Campbell
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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