Ceramic vs Neodymium - What's the difference?
ceramic | neodymium |
made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
(uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
(countable) An object made of this material
A metallic chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 63:
As nouns the difference between ceramic and neodymium
is that ceramic is (uncountable) a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures while neodymium is a metallic chemical element (symbol nd) with an atomic number of 60.As an adjective ceramic
is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.ceramic
English
(wikipedia ceramic)Adjective
(-)- A ceramic vase stood on the table.
Derived terms
* vitroceramicNoun
- Joan made the dish of ceramic .
- Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.
See also
* kaolin, kaolineReferences
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]Anagrams
*neodymium
English
(wikipedia neodymium)Noun
(-)- Other rare elements, like neodymium , exist in more than one isotopic form, the ratios of which can provide a measure of the depth from which the flow material may ultimately have been derived.