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graph·ite

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–noun

a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.

[Origin: 1790–1800; < G Graphit < Gk gráph(ein) to write, draw + G -it -ite¹

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gra·phit·ic

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graph·ite Audio Help (grāf'īt') Pronunciation Key
n. A soft, steel-gray to black, hexagonally crystallized allotrope of carbon with a metallic luster and a greasy feel, used in lead pencils, lubricants, paints, and coatings, that is fabricated into a variety of forms such as molds, bricks, electrodes, crucibles, and rocket nozzles. Also called black lead, plumbago.

[Greek graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots + -ite¹.]

gra·phit'ic (grā-fĭt'ĭk) adj.

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graphite

1796, from Ger. Graphit "black lead," coined 1789 by Ger. mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1750-1817) from Gk. graphein "write;" so called because it was used for pencils.

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graphite
noun
used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

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graphite [ˈgrӕfait] noun

a form of carbon used in the leads of pencils

Arabic:	رصاص أقلام، غرافيت
Chinese (Simplified):	石墨
Chinese (Traditional):	石墨
Czech:	tuha
Danish:	grafit
Estonian:	grafiit
Finnish:	grafiitti
French:	graphite
German:	der Graphit
Greek:	γραφίτης
Hungarian:	grafit
Icelandic:	grafít
Indonesian:	grafit
Italian:	grafite
Japanese:	石墨

Korean:	흑연
Latvian:	grafīts
Lithuanian:	grafitas
Norwegian:	grafitt
Polish:	grafit
Portuguese (Brazil):	grafite
Portuguese (Portugal):	grafite
Romanian:	grafit
Russian:	графит
Slovak:	tuha
Slovenian:	grafit
Spanish:	grafito
Swedish:	grafit, blyerts
Turkish:	grafit

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graphite Audio Help (grāf'īt') Pronunciation Key
A naturally occurring, steel-gray to black, crystalline form of carbon. The carbon atoms in graphite are strongly bonded together in sheets. Because the bonds between the sheets are weak, other atoms can easily fit between them, causing graphite to be soft and slippery to the touch. Graphite is used in pencils and paints and as a lubricant and electrode. It is also used to control chain reactions in nuclear reactors because of its ability to absorb neutrons.