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As an adjective ceramic

is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

As a noun ceramic

is (uncountable) a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

ceramic

English

(wikipedia ceramic)

Adjective

(-)
  • made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
    • A ceramic vase stood on the table.

    Derived terms

    * vitroceramic

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
    • Joan made the dish of ceramic .
  • (countable) An object made of this material
    • Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

    See also

    * kaolin, kaoline

    Related terms

    * ceramics

    References

    * 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

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----