- isinglass as a noun:
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isinglass
noun
1 isinglass
Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity.
synonym: mica.
Roget 352: semiliquidity; stickiness etc. adj.; viscidity, viscosity; gummosity†, glutinosity†, mucosity†; spissitude†, crassitude†; lentor†; adhesiveness ... show more
Dutch: vislijm, glimmer, mica
Polish: Ĺ‚yszczyk, mika
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