Definition of Refractoriness

1. Noun. The trait of being unmanageable.


Definition of Refractoriness

1. n. The quality or condition of being refractory.

Definition of Refractoriness

1. Noun. The quality of being refractory. ¹

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Definition of Refractoriness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refractoriness

refractive index
refractive keratoplasty
refractive keratotomy
refractively
refractiveness
refractivities
refractivity
refractometer
refractometers
refractometric
refractometries
refractometry
refractor
refractories
refractorily
refractoriness (current term)
refractors
refractory
refractory-lined
refractory anaemia
refractory anaemia with excess blasts
refractory anemia
refractory cast
refractory flask
refractory lining
refractory metal
refractory metals
refractory period of electronic pacemaker
refractory pot

Literary usage of Refractoriness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Mining Engineering Literature: Comprising an Index of Mining by Walter Richard Crane (1909)
"I. DETERMINATION OF THE refractoriness OF FIRE-CLAYS. By HO Hoffman and CD Demond. E. & MJ, vol. ... SOME EXPERIMENTS FOR DETERMINING THE refractoriness OF ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1905)
"refractoriness of Some American Fire-Brick. BY EF WEBER, ST. LOUIS, MO. ... THE relation between the chemical composition and the refractoriness of ..."

3. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"refractoriness.—The refractoriness of foundry sands should be sufficiently high to prevent the pores from being closed by fusion during casting. ..."

4. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"refractoriness.—The refractoriness of foundry sands should be sufficiently high to prevent the pores from being closed by fusion during casting. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"... are employed in Styria in the construction of blast and puddling furnaces), serpentine (Styria), &c. C. ARTIFICIAL STONES OF LESS refractoriness. 1. ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy: Adapted from the Last German Edition of by Bruno Kerl, William Crookes, Ernst Otto Röhrig (1870)
"... are employed in Styria in the construction of blast and puddling furnaces), serpentine (Styria), &c. C. ARTIFICIAL STONES OF LESS refractoriness. i. ..."

7. The Collected Writings of Hermann August Seger by Hermann August Seger, Hermann Hecht, Eduard Cramer (1902)
"a Bohemian product, and utilized instead a native one of the same composition and refractoriness, likewise consisting of nearly pure kaolinite (i per cent ..."

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