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Graphite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Graphite has 1 sense

graphite(n = noun.substance) black lead, plumbago - used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors; Array

has particulars: lead, pencil lead, pencil

is a kind of atomic number 6, c, carbon

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Graphite, n. [Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F. graphite. See Graphic.].

Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead. [1913 Webster]

Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Graphite, n. a crystalline allotropic form of carbon used as a solid lubricant, in pencils, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors etc. Also called PLUMBAGO, black lead.

Derivative

graphitic adj. graphitize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

G Graphit f. Gk grapho write

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