kaolin
pronunciation
How to pronounce kaolin in British English:
UK [ˈkeɪəlɪn]
How to pronounce kaolin in American English:
US [ ˈkeɪəlɪn]
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- Noun:
- a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
Word Origin
- kaolin
- kaolin: [18] The word kaolin comes ultimately from gaō ling, the name of a hill in Jiangxi province, northern China, from which fine white china clay was first obtained (it means literally ‘high hill’). It reached English via French.
- kaolin (n.)
- "china clay," 1727, from French kaolin (1712), from Chinese Kao-ling, old-style transliteration of the name of a mountain in Jiangxi, China (near which it was originally dug up), from Chinese gao "high" + ling "mountain, hill."
Example
- 1. Analysis of kaolin intake in rats subjected to different motion stimulations .
- 2. Kaolin and morphine is sometimes used as a medicine for diarrhoea .
- 3. From kaolin to kevlar emerging materials for inventing new architecture .
- 4. The effectiveness of using kaolin intake as an index of motion sickness in rats .
- 5. Many stomach medications contain the clay kaolin because it absorbs bacteria and toxins that cause diarrhea .