talc

(Anglų k.)

Verb

To apply talc to.

Noun

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Medieval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
3. (countable, uncountable) A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
4. (countable, uncountable) Talcum powder.

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/tælk/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

From Middle French talc, from Arabic طَلْق (ṭalq), from Persian تلک (talk), from Middle Persian [Term?] (“medicament”).

Sinonimai

talcum

talc powder

mica

soapstone

steatite

talcum powder

rice powder

French chalk

soap stone powder

powder

toilet powder

saponite

French white

talcose rock

face powder

Vertimai

talco

talc

talco

Talk

talk

talc

talk

Talkum

talk

talco

τάλκης

طلق

talcum

ταλκ

πούδρα