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Definition of Asbestine
1. a. Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.
Definition of Asbestine
1. Adjective. Resembling or relating to asbestos. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asbestine
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asbestine
Literary usage of Asbestine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Corrosion and Preservation of Iron and Steel by Allerton Seward Cushman, Henry Alfred Gardner (1910)
"It is generally used with lighter pigments, such as asbestine, in order to prevent
its settling. ... This pigment comes in two forms: as asbestine and as ..."
2. The Chemical Trade Journal (1890)
"This is due to the fact that asbestine is much lighter than gypsum. ... As asbestine
is very light, about 20% of it may be mixed with the pulp. ..."
3. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1892)
"Asbestine." THE loadings, by which we mean those substances employed for increasing
the weight or density of paper, and imparting certain characteristics to ..."
4. The Paper Mill Chemist by Henry Potter Stevens (1908)
"Asbestine is a finely divided form of asbestos, the particles are needle shaped
... 30) resembles asbestine (figs. 31 and 32), although inferior qualities ..."
5. White-lead: Its Use in Paint by Alvah Horton Sabin (1920)
"Actually he has got less than two-thirds of a gallon of lead-and-zinc paint and
more than a third of a gallon of asbestine paint, although the dry ..."
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