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talc
(tălk)n.
A fine-grained white, greenish, or gray mineral, Mg3Si4O10(OH)2, having a soft soapy feel and used in talcum and face powder, as a paper coating, and as a filler for paint and plastics.
tr.v. talcked, talck·ing, talcs or talced or talc·ing
To apply this substance to (a photographic plate, for example).
[French, from Medieval Latin talcum and Old Spanish talco, both from Arabic ṭalq, from Persian talk.]
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talc
(tælk)n
1. See talcum powder
2. (Minerals) a white, grey, brown, or pale green mineral, found in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of talcum powder and electrical insulators. Composition: hydrated magnesium silicate. Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic
vb, talcs, talcking, talcked, talcs, talcing or talced
(tr) to apply talc to
[C16: from Medieval Latin talcum, from Arabic talq mica, from Persian talk]
ˈtalcose, ˈtalcous adj
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talc
(tælk)n.
1. a soft green-to-gray mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2.
[1595–1605; < Medieval Latin talcum < Arabic ṭalq mica < Persian talk]
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talc
(tălk) A white, greenish, or gray mineral that is a silicate of magnesium, usually occurring as massive mica-like flakes. It has a soft, soapy texture, and is used in face powder and talcum powder, for coating paper, and as a filler in paints and plastics. Talc is the mineral used to represent a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale.
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talc
Past participle: talced/talcked
Gerund: talcing/talcking
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| Noun | 1. |  talc - a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powdertalcum powder, talcum - a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition soaprock, soap-rock, soapstone, steatite - a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments French chalk - a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains rensselaerite - a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler |
| Verb | 1. | talc - apply talcum powder to (one's body) powder - apply powder to; "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a powdered wig" |
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Translations
مادَّة مَسْحوق الطَّلْقمادَّه ناعِمَه كالصّابون
mastekzásyp
talkum
zsírkõ
talkúm
talkas
steatītstalks
mastenec
talktalk pudrası
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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talc
vt → pudern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
talc
(tӕlk) noun1. a kind of soft mineral that feels like soap.
2. talcum.
talcum (ˈtӕlkəm) noun (also talcum powder. often abbreviated to talc) a kind of fine, usually perfumed, powder made from talc, used on the body.
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talc
n talcoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.