单词 | abradant |
释义 | abradantn.adj. A. n. An abradant substance or agent (see sense B.). ΚΠ 1865 U.S. Patent 47,565 1/2 The valve is momentarily withdrawn to receive the sand and water or other abradant. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 247/1 Bath-brick, a fine silicious material, found in the vicinity of Bath, England, compacted into the form of bricks, and used as an abradant. 1941 W. R. Wedel Archaeol. Investig. Buena Vista Lake 72 Two or three unshaped sandstone objects were evidently used as abradants. 2004 Adv. Materials & Processes (Nexis) Jan. 17 This abrasive material is more than twice as hard as the silica abradant in the G 65 test. B. adj. Having the property or effect of abrading something; abrasive. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1270/2 Lead-mill, a circular disk of lead with an abradant powder, and used by the lapidary for roughing and grinding. 1919 U.S. Patent 1,297,811 1/1 The perch is preferably of cylindrical form, and is constituted preferably of a suitable abradant material, such as potters' clay. 1976 Chem. Week (Nexis) 2 June 20 After several years of market decline, ethical abradant cleansers used in treatment of acne seem to be on the verge of a comeback. 2001 Jrnl. Coatings Technol. (Nexis) Apr. 128 With an adjustable stroke length, speed, load, and wide selection of abradant materials, the instrument allows the user to customize test parameters to their needs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1865 |
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