terra alba

terra al·ba

(ăl′bə, ôl′bə)

1. Finely pulverized gypsum used in making paper and paints and as a nutrient for growing yeast.

2. Kaolin.

[New Latin : Latin terra, earth + Latin alba, feminine of albus, white.]

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terra alba

(ˈælbə)

1. (Minerals) a white finely powdered form of gypsum, used to make paints, paper, etc

2. (Minerals) any of various other white earthy substances, such as kaolin, pipeclay, and magnesia

[from Latin, literally: white earth]

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Noun	1.	terra alba - finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment gypsum - a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
	2.	terra alba - fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather pipeclay clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
	3.	terra alba - 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) china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay Kaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient art paper - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay) clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

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