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blende
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blende
(encz) | blende,sfalerit n: Zdeněk Brož |
blende
(gcide) | Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. ??? slippery, uncertain. See
Blende.] (Min.)
Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, {false
galena}, etc. See Blende
(a) .
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Blende
(gcide) | Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,
fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling
luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it
yields no lead. Cf. Sphalerite.] (Min.)
(a) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners {mock
lead}, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc
sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is
usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.
(b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic
sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic
luster.
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blende
(wn) | blende
n 1: an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely
of zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende,
blende, sphalerite] |
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blended
(encz) | blended,smíšený Jaroslav Šedivý |
blended-flow system
(encz) | blended-flow system,směšovací systém (hydrosystém) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
blender
(encz) | blender,mixér n: [amer.] Cascavalblender,šlehač n: JČP |
blenders
(encz) | blenders,míchačky n: Zdeněk Brož |
hornblende
(encz) | hornblende,amfibol n: Zdeněk Brož |
pitchblende
(encz) | pitchblende,smolinec n: Zdeněk Brož |
unblended
(encz) | unblended, adj: |
zinc blende
(encz) | zinc blende, n: |
Blende
(gcide) | Sphalerite \Sphal"er*ite\, n. [Gr. ??? slippery, uncertain. See
Blende.] (Min.)
Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, {false
galena}, etc. See Blende
(a) .
[1913 Webster]Blende \Blende\, n. [G., fr. blenden to blind, dazzle, deceive,
fr. blind blind. So called either in allusion to its dazzling
luster; or (Dana) because, though often resembling galena, it
yields no lead. Cf. Sphalerite.] (Min.)
(a) A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners {mock
lead}, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc
sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is
usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.
(b) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic
sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic
luster.
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Blended
(gcide) | Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or
Blent (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.] [OE.
blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth.
blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG.
blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or
associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line
of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To
confuse; to confound.
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Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
--Percival.
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2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
harmonize.
[1913 Webster]blended \blended\ adj.
1. combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts
are indistinguishable. Antonym of unblended. [Narrower
terms: alloyed; emulsified; homogenized]
Syn: mingled, commingled.
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2. homogeneous heterogeneous
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blended
(gcide) | Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or
Blent (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.] [OE.
blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth.
blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG.
blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or
associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line
of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To
confuse; to confound.
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Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
--Percival.
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2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
harmonize.
[1913 Webster]blended \blended\ adj.
1. combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts
are indistinguishable. Antonym of unblended. [Narrower
terms: alloyed; emulsified; homogenized]
Syn: mingled, commingled.
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2. homogeneous heterogeneous
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blended2
(gcide) | integrated \integrated\ adj.
1. Formed or united into a whole.
Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified.
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2. Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as,
an integrated Europe. Opposite of nonintegrated.
[Narrower terms: coordinated, interconnected,
unified; embedded; incorporated; tight-knit,
tightly knit]
a more closely integrated economic and political
system --Dwight D.
Eisenhower
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3. Having different groups treated together as equals in one
group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms:
co-ed, coeducational; {desegrated, nonsegregated,
unsegregated}; interracial; mainstreamed] Also See:
integrative, joint, united. Antonym: segregated.
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4. Resembling a living organism in organization or
development. [Narrower terms: organic (vs. inorganic)]
Syn: structured.
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5. combined. Opposite of uncombined.
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6. having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit.
Opposite of unmixed. [Narrower terms: blended[2]]
Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed.
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Blender
(gcide) | Blender \Blend"er\, n.
One who, or that which, blends; an instrument, as a brush,
used in blending. Specifically, an electrical device with a
rapidly rotating spindle to which a specially designed
container can be attached, so that the contents of the
container are agitated by rotating blades at adjustable
speeds, permitting various degrees of homogenization of the
contents. container are
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Hornblende
(gcide) | Hornblende \Horn"blende`\, n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende
blende.] (Min.)
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of
amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous
division of the species, and is also characterized by its
containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to
include the whole species.
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Hornblende schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose
structure.
[1913 Webster]Amphibole \Am"phi*bole\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*b[=o]l), n. [Gr.
'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw
round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Ha["u]y so named the genus
from the great variety of color and composition assumed by
the mineral.] (Min.)
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color
and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also
massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The
color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It
is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually
aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite,
actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last
name being also used as a general term for the whole
species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline
rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc.
See Hornblende.
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hornblende
(gcide) | Hornblende \Horn"blende`\, n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende
blende.] (Min.)
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of
amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous
division of the species, and is also characterized by its
containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to
include the whole species.
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Hornblende schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose
structure.
[1913 Webster]Amphibole \Am"phi*bole\ ([a^]m"f[i^]*b[=o]l), n. [Gr.
'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw
round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Ha["u]y so named the genus
from the great variety of color and composition assumed by
the mineral.] (Min.)
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color
and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also
massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The
color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It
is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually
aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite,
actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last
name being also used as a general term for the whole
species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline
rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc.
See Hornblende.
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Hornblende granite
(gcide) | Granite \Gran"ite\ (gr[a^]n"[i^]t), n. [It. granito granite,
adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum
grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.)
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar,
and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red
color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in
planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose
structure.
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Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also
the Note under Mica.
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Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of
a regular arrangement.
Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar
without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged
in the transverse section like oriental characters.
Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in
distinct crystals.
Hornblende granite, or
Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as
mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende
replacing the mica.
Granite ware.
(a) A kind of stoneware.
(b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling
granite.
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Hornblende schist
(gcide) | Hornblende \Horn"blende`\, n. [G., fr. horn horn + blende
blende.] (Min.)
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of
amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous
division of the species, and is also characterized by its
containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to
include the whole species.
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Hornblende schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose
structure.
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Hornblende slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Adhesive slate (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray
color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the
tongue; whence the name.
Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate
containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture
of alum.
Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay
slate, impregnated with bitumen.
Hornblende slate (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting
essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for
flagging on account of its toughness.
Slate ax or Slate axe, a mattock with an ax end, used in
shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the
nails.
Slate clay (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the
alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an
infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used
for making fire bricks. --Tomlinson.
Slate globe, a globe the surface of which is made of an
artificial slatelike material.
Slate pencil, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for
writing on a slate.
Slate rocks (Min.), rocks which split into thin laminae,
not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated
rocks.
Slate spar (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white
luster and of a slaty structure.
Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as
ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed
beneath it, can be made by tracing.
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Pitchblende
(gcide) | Pitchblende \Pitch"blende`\, n. [1st pitch + blende.] (Min.)
A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of
uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
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Zinc blende
(gcide) | Zinc \Zinc\ (z[i^][ng]k), n. [G. zink, probably akin to zinn
tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German. Cf. Tin.] (Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted
principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite,
calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white
metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not
easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting,
coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass,
britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in
electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic
weight 65.38. [Formerly written also zink.]
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Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a
deliquescent white waxy or oily substance.
Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below.
Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance,
Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc
ethyl; -- called also zinc amide.
Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid,
composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the
atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity.
Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc
sulphide. See Blende, n.
(a) .
Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of
zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring
in white earthy incrustations; -- called also
hydrozincite.
Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous
liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire
spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt
oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green.
Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2,
produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium
alloy. It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously
inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in
the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a
large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc
amyle, etc.
Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a
light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also
flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album,
etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal,
roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also
pompholyx, and tutty.
Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel,
consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and
aluminium; gahnite.
Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate. See White vitriol,
under Vitriol.
Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used
as a pigment.
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blended
(wn) | blended
adj 1: combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts
are indistinguishable [ant: unblended] |
blended whiskey
(wn) | blended whiskey
n 1: mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral
spirits [syn: blended whiskey, blended whisky] |
blended whisky
(wn) | blended whisky
n 1: mixture of two or more whiskeys or of a whiskey and neutral
spirits [syn: blended whiskey, blended whisky] |
blender
(wn) | blender
n 1: an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix
or chop or liquefy foods [syn: blender, liquidizer,
liquidiser] |
hornblende
(wn) | hornblende
n 1: a green to black mineral of the amphibole group; consists
of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron |
pitchblende
(wn) | pitchblende
n 1: a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of
radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium;
uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is
the chief uranium ore [syn: uraninite, pitchblende] |
unblended
(wn) | unblended
adj 1: not blended or mixed together [ant: blended] |
zinc blende
(wn) | zinc blende
n 1: an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely
of zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende,
blende, sphalerite] |
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