plate-powder

  • 1plate-powder — plateˈ powder noun A polishing powder for silver • • • Main Entry: ↑plate …

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  • 2plate powder — noun a) a powder used to polish silverware, especially silver plate b) a powder used as a denture fixative, for holding a false teeth …

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  • 3plate-powder — n. Rouge powder …

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  • 4Powder diffraction — is a scientific technique using X ray, neutron, or electron diffraction on powder or microcrystalline samples for structural characterization of materials. [B.D. Cullity Elements of X ray Diffraction Addison Wesley Mass. 1978] Explanation Ideally …

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  • 5Powder blue — may refer to two different colors. Originally, it referred to a dark blue color, but it has since come to refer to a pale blue color, possibly because the name reminded people of baby powder and so people thought of it as a color similar to baby… …

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  • 6plate-painter — to powder: see plate 20, 21 …

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  • 7Powder-actuated tool — A Powder actuated tool (often called Hilti guns or Ramset guns after two of the companies who manufacture the tools) is a nail gun used in the construction and manufacturing industries to join materials to hard substrates like steel and concrete …

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  • 8Plate glass — Glass Glass (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and… …

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  • 9powder post — Dry Dry (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[ o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought}, {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.] 1. Free from moisture;… …

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  • 10Titanium powder — metallurgy (P/M) offers the possibility of creating net shape or near net shape parts without the material loss and cost associated with having to machine intricate components from wrought billet. Powders can be produced by the Blended Elemental… …

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