petuntse

or pe·tun·tze

[ pi-too n-tse; Chinese baw-duhn-dzuh ]

/ pɪˈtʊn tsɛ; Chinese ˈbɔˈdʌnˈdzʌ /

noun

a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.

Nearby words

Origin of petuntse

1720–30; < Chinese (Wade-Giles) pai2tun1tzŭ0, (pinyin) bái dùnzi white mound

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Examples from the Web for petuntse

The manufacture of hard porcelain was begun at Svres in 1769, the quarries of St. Yrieix supplying both the kaolin and petuntse.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
The Chinese glaze is also the more fusible, on account of the addition of lime to the petuntse, which the French use pure.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
Chemically, petuntse resembles the pegmatite of Limoges; mineralogically, it is to be classed with petrosilicious felspar.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
Kaolin and petuntse are of little importance in the composition of soft porcelain.
Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain|Arthur Hayden

The kaolin and petuntse used in making paste for Chinese porcelain are chemically identical with the materials used in Europe.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young

British Dictionary definitions for petuntse

petuntse

petuntze

/ (pɪˈtʌntsɪ, -ˈtʊn-) /

noun

a fusible feldspathic mineral used in hard-paste porcelain; china stone

Word Origin for petuntse

C18: from Chinese (Beijing) pe tun tzu, from pe white + tun heap + tzu offspring

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