graphite
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++graph·ite /ˈɡræfaɪt/ noun [uncountable] HCa soft black substance that is a kind of carbon, used in pencils, paints, and electrical equipment 石墨〔碳的一种形式，用于铅笔、油漆和电气设备中〕
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graphite• With a little research he found that a $ 400 graphite rod is not a requirement for success.• For example, graphite only conducts electricity in the direction along its layers.• Less fortunate caste members provided much of the labour for graphite mines.• Non-metals tend to be insulators although, as we have seen, graphite is a conductor of electricity.• Released from those conditions, diamonds will revert within minutes to the more pedestrian substance graphite.• By changing the amount of clay included when firing the graphite, pencils could be graded according to softness.• Can smell the graphite salve, like the smell in a garage.• The graphite boom temporarily reduced the social and economic importance of subsistence agriculture in the Low Country.Origin graphite (1700-1800) German graphit, from Greek graphein ( → -GRAPHY); because it is used in pencilsgraph·ite nounChineseSyllable
substance of Corpus a is black a soft that kind
graphite
graph‧ite /ˈɡræfaɪt/
noun [uncountable]
graph‧ite /ˈɡræfaɪt/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1700-1800
Language: German
Origin: graphit, from Greek graphein ( ⇨ -graphy); because it is used in pencils
a soft black substance that is a kind of carbon, used in pencils, paints, and electrical equipment
Language: German
Origin: graphit, from Greek graphein ( ⇨ -graphy); because it is used in pencils