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aluminum
  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
  3. (slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminum.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Unlike aluminum, copper metal is fairly easy to obtain chemically from its ores.”
      “Use ridged flex aluminum or ridged four-inch elbows and straight vent pipe to vent your dryer.”
      “Choose from brushed or lacquered copper, natural painted aluminum, and white.”
alum
  1. An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4.Al2(SO4)3.24H2O). [from 14th c.]
  2. (chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. [from 17th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
aluminosis
  1. (pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
  2. (construction) A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
aluminium
  1. A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  2. (countable) A single atom of this element.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Many studies have been carried out in the past to optimize the bendability of aluminium alloys.”
      “It rides on 21-inch, low-profile performance tyres fitted to aluminium wheels cast with five bold, Y-tipped spokes.”
      “The delicate tools used for extrusion of aluminium or plastic profiles are therefore often polished manually.”
aluminoxane
  1. (chemistry) a class of organometallic compounds of aluminium having general formula R2Al-O-AlR2; they are used as catalysts in the polymerization of epoxides and oxetanes to form polyether elastomers.
  2. Synonyms:
aluminophosphate
  1. (inorganic chemistry) Any of a large number of inorganic compounds whose structure is a combination of aluminate and phosphate often in complex three-dimensional forms; many of them are used as molecular sieves.
aluminate
  1. (chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
  2. Examples:
    1. “Other chemicals, such as ferric sulfate or sodium aluminate, may also be used.”
      “It is the compound with the highest CaO content among the aluminate phases.”
      “Thenard's blue, a turquoise, is characteristic of cobalt aluminate, whereas cobalt silicate gives a unique violet-blue shade.”
aluminon
  1. The triammonium salt of aurintricarboxylic acid, commonly used as a dye to detect the presence of the aluminium ion in an aqueous solution.
aluminoceladonite
  1. (mineralogy) A bluish-green mineral that is a basic silicate of potassium, aluminium, magnesium and ferrous iron.
alumopharmacosiderite
  1. (mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral white mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and potassium.
alumoklyuchevskite
  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal dark green mineral containing aluminum, copper, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
alumohydrocalcite
  1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
aluminide
aluminography
  1. The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
alumotungstite
  1. (mineralogy) An isometric greenish yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
aluminocopiapite
  1. (mineralogy) A form of copiapite containing varying amounts of aluminium in place of ferric iron.
alumotantite
  1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and tantalum.
alumium
  1. (obsolete) Original name for aluminium / aluminum (the chemical element, symbol Al, with an atomic number of 13).
  2. Synonyms:
aluminothermy
  1. (inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminite
  1. A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The walls seemed to bulge outward with the pressure of the room, the aluminite braces straining and creaking.”
aluminotype
  1. A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
alum
alumn
  1. Alternative spelling of alum
  2. Examples:
    1. “He is an alumn from Ecole Polytechnique, and received a Master of Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.”
      “The role of intellectual purveyors that you embody, Galatasaray alumn and friends, as intellectuals and connoisseurs of our two cultures, is that much more important.”
      “Bailey is an Alabama native and an alumn of the institution over which he will soon preside.”
aluminocopiapites
  1. plural of aluminocopiapite
aluminophosphates
  1. plural of aluminophosphate
aluminotypes
  1. plural of aluminotype
aluminoxanes
aluminates
  1. plural of aluminate
aluminides
  1. plural of aluminide
aluminiums
aluminums
alumns
  1. plural of alumn
alums
  1. plural of alum
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It was backed by an all-star group of affluent, plugged-in Harvard professors and alums.”
      “Several decades later the Englishman Davy attempted to obtain the metal hidden in alums.”
      “Between courses, the chefs inspected the kitchen like alums back for homecoming.”
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