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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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Ceramic
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1840–50; variant of keramic < Greek keramikós, equivalent to kéram(os) potters' clay + -ikos -ic
1840–50; variant of keramic < Greek keramikós, equivalent to kéram(os) potters' clay + -ikos -ic
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Word Origin & History
ceramic
1850, from Gk. keramikos, from keramos "potter's clay, pottery."
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Science Dictionary
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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