vulcanite

American  

[vuhl-kuh-nahyt] / ˈvʌl kəˌnaɪt /

noun

1. a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulfur, used in the manufacture of combs, buttons, and for electric insulation.

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vulcanite British  

/ ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪt /

noun

1. Also called: ebonite.  a hard usually black rubber produced by vulcanizing natural rubber with large amounts of sulphur. It is resistant to chemical attack: used for chemical containers, electrical insulators, etc

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Etymology

Origin of vulcanite

First recorded in 1830–40; Vulcan + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

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vulcanite

Steel needles, insulated with vulcanite to within an eighth of an inch of their points, are the best.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

It is then water-proofed with vulcanite water-proofing and gravel.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous

It consisted of a short vulcanite handle, from which extended two flat steel supports, terminating in vulcanite ear-plates.

From The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace

Inflation through the Eustachian Catheter.—For this method, in addition to the Politzer's bag and the auscultating tube, a silver or vulcanite Eustachian catheter is required.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

The arts and crafts associated with furniture work, paper-making and coach-building may also be specified, whilst tanneries, glassworks, india-rubber and vulcanite factories, brass-founding, machinery works, the making of biscuits, tea-bread and confectionery are all prominent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various