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alumina

See also: alúmina

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From the combining form of Latin alumen + -a.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈl(j)uːmɪnə/
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alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)

  1. Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound.
    • 1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:
      The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.

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alumina

  1. third-person singular past historic of aluminer

Latin

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alūmina

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of alūmen

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: a‧lu‧mi‧na

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alumina f (plural aluminas)

  1. (geology) alumina (aluminium oxide)

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Spanish alúmina.

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    alúminá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜋᜒᜈ) (inorganic chemistry)

    1. alumina (aluminium oxide)
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    Further reading

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    • “alumina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
    • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 28
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