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Definition of Abradants
1. abradant [n] - See also: abradant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abradants
Literary usage of Abradants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... disseminated in the rocks or which must first be freed from impurities and
are prepared for use by an initial granulation ; (3) artificial abradants. ..."
2. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1917)
"To this paste add a dram or two of any one of several finely ground abradants,
as chalk, rotten stone, rouge, tripoli, or buckhorn. ..."
3. Tools and Machines by Charles Barnard (1903)
"The abradants have still another use. A grindstone is a grinding-wheel, and we
use it to grind away a part of the blade of a knife and give it a fine, ..."
4. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Geological Survey of Arkansas (1898)
"It is said to be much more enduring than natural abradants and to cut much more
rapidly. An objection offered to both the crushed steel and the chilled shot ..."
5. Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Arkansas State Geologist, John Casper Branner, Geological Survey of Arkansas (1893)
"It is said to be much more enduring than natural abradants and to cut much more
rapidly. An objection offered to both the crushed steel and the chilled shot ..."
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