levigation
21levigate — [ lɛvɪgeɪt] verb archaic reduce to a fine powder or smooth paste. Derivatives levigation noun Origin C16 (earlier (C15) as levigation): from L. levigat , levigare to make smooth, polish , from levis smooth …
22levigate — transitive verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin levigatus, past participle of levigare to make smooth, from levis smooth (akin to Greek leios smooth and perhaps to Latin linere to smear) + igare (akin to agere to drive) more at lime, agent Date …
23Petrography — is that branch of petrology which focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. Petrographic… …
24Pottery of ancient Greece — Bilingual amphora by the Andokides Painter, ca. 520 BC (Munich) As the result of its relative durability, pottery is a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and because there is so much of it (some 100,000 vases are recorded… …
252005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series — The 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series began on Saturday, February 12. The ten race Chase for the Nextel Cup started with the Sylvania 300 on Sunday, September 18, and ended on Sunday, November 20, with the Ford 400.Tony Stewart was the dominant… …
26Comminution — is the process in which solid materials are reduced in size, by crushing, grinding and other processes.[1][2] It occurs naturally during faulting in the upper part of the crust[3] and is an important operation in mineral processing, ceramics,… …
27Bruton Smith — Ollen Bruton Smith (born 1927 in Oakboro, North Carolina) is a promoter and owner/CEO of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc. The billionaire was ranked #207 on the Forbes 400 list with an estimated worth of $1.5 billion in 2005,cite web …
28Краски, употребляемые для живописи — Пигменты, употребляемые для живописи, большей частью минерального происхождения, и лишь небольшое число их органические соединения. Первоначально служили для этой цели почти исключительно вещества, находимые в природе готовыми земли, но в… …
29Отмучивание — способ получения глинистых фракций (частиц <0,001 мм) из глинистых суспензий путем сливания суспензий через определенные промежутки времени, отстаивания их и высушивания осевших частиц разных размеров. См. Анализ глин гранулометрический.… …
30Ocre — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ocre (homonymie). Galerie d une mine d ocre à Gargas L’ocre, (n.f), du grec ancien ὤχρα …
