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ce⋅ram⋅ic
[suh-ram-ik] 
ɪk
–adjective
| 1. | of or pertaining to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture: ceramic art. |
–noun
| 2. | ceramic material. |
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| ce·ram·ic (sə-rām'ĭk) n.
[From Greek keramikos, of pottery, from keramos, potter's clay; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.] ce·ram'ic adj. |
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Ceramic
Ce*ram"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? earthenware. Cf. Keramic.] Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
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Language Translation for : ceramic
Spanish:
cerámica,
German:
keramisch,
Japanese:
陶芸の
ceramic
1850, from Gk. keramikos, from keramos "potter's clay, pottery."
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| ceramic (sə-rām'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
Any of various hard, brittle, heat- and corrosion-resistant materials made typically of metallic elements combined with oxygen or with carbon, nitrogen, or sulfur. Most ceramics are crystalline and are poor conductors of electricity, though some recently discovered copper-oxide ceramics are superconductors at low temperatures. |
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