carborundum

See also: Carborundum

English

Etymology

Blend of carbon +‎ corundum; originally a trade name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹ.bəˈɹʌn.dəm/

Noun

carborundum (uncountable)

1. Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.
   • 1892, Nikola Tesla, Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 73:

     There is no doubt that such a button — properly prepared under great pressure — of carborundum, especially of powder of the best quality, will withstand the effect of the bombardment fully as well as anything we know.

   • 1976, M.R. Walter, Stromatolites, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 28:

     This can most readily be done by use of carborundum marking. The procedure involves successive marking of the same mat with layers of carborundum at least twice.

   • 1995, Reg F. Chapman, Gerrit de Boer, Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 22:

     At the same times, samples were taken to determine that the carborundum treatment did increase the amount of wear of the mandibles compared with insects on the diet without carborundum powder.

   • 2008, Gerald W. R. Ward, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83:

     Print made by combining carborundum—a carbon and silicon compound customarily used for polishing by abrasion—with synthetic resin or varnish (see also Prints, §III, 5).

Translations

crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive

• German: Carborundum n, Karborund n
• Italian: carborundum m
• Russian: карбору́нд (ru) m (karborúnd)
• Turkish: Karburundum
• Ukrainian: карбору́нд m (karborúnd)

See also

• illegitimi non carborundum
• noli illegitimi carborundum

 

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Carborundum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “carborundum”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

carborundum m (plural carborundums)

1. carborundum

Further reading

• “carborundum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English carborundum.

Noun

carborundum m (invariable)

1. carborundum

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carborundum.

Noun

carborundum n (uncountable)

1. carborundum

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	carborundum	carborundumul
genitive-dative	carborundum	carborundumului
vocative	carborundumule