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单词 pozzolana
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pozzolana

[ pot-suh-lah-nuh; Italian pawt-tsaw-lah-nah ]
/ ˌpɒt səˈlɑ nə; Italian ˌpɔt tsɔˈlɑ nɑ /

noun

a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
Also poz·zo·lan [pot-suh-luhn], /ˈpɒt sə lən/, poz·zuo·la·na [pot-swuh-lah-nuh; Italian pawt-tswaw-lah-nah], /ˌpɒt swəˈlɑ nə; Italian ˌpɔt tswɔˈlɑ nɑ/, puzzolan, puzzolana.

Origin of pozzolana

1905–10; <Italian <Latin puteolāna, feminine of puteolānus of Pozzuoli (<Latin Puteolī literally, little springs); see -an

Words nearby pozzolana

Poynting-Robertson effect, Poynting theorem, Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Poznań, Pozsony, pozzolana, pozzolanic, pozzuolana, Pozzuoli, pozzy, pp
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Example sentences from the Web for pozzolana

  • Not only the walls but the vaults were built in this pozzolana concrete, and formed one solid mass.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4|Various
  • This shows the utter unfitness of the pozzolana beds in which the arenaria are excavated for the construction of the Catacombs.

    The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
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