anthracite
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θrəˌsaɪt noun
a mineral coal containing little of the volatile hydrocarbons and burning almost without flame; hard coal.
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| —n | |
| Also called: hard coal a hard jet-black coal that burns slowly with a nonluminous flame giving out intense heat. Fixed carbon content: 86--98 per cent; calorific value: 3.14 × 107--3.63 × 107 J/kg | |
| [C19: from Latin anthracītes type of bloodstone, from Greek anthrakitēs coal-like, from anthrax coal, | |
| anthracitic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
anthracite
"non-bituminous coal," 1812, earlier (c.1600) a type of ruby-like gem described by Pliny, from L. anthracites "bloodstone, semi-precious gem," from Gk. anthrakites "coal-like," from anthrax (gen. anthrakos) "live coal" (see anthrax).
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| anthracite (ān'thrə-sīt') Pronunciation Key
A hard, shiny coal that has a high carbon content. It is valued as a fuel because it burns with a clean flame and without smoke or odor, but it is much less abundant than bituminous coal. Compare bituminous coal, lignite. |
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Example sentences
Anthracite is used principally for heating homes and in the production of natural gas.
Rank is the degree of progressive alteration in the transformation from lignite to anthracite.
Anthracite mining uses methods and systems that rely on manual labor with little or no mechanization.
Then oil and gas replaced anthracite as premier home heating fuels.
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