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porcelain | x |

As a noun porcelain

is (usually|uncountable) a hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

porcelain

English

Noun

(wikipedia porcelain)
  • (usually, uncountable) A hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.
  • (usually, countable) Anything manufactured from this material..

    • Derived terms

    * ivory porcelain * porcelain clay * porcelain crab * porcelain jasper * porcelain printing * porcelain shell * porcelaneous

    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]

    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 ----