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1. (n.) talc
a soft green-to-gray mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg
Etymology: (1595–1605; < ML talcum < Ar &tdotbelow;alq mica < Pers talk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) talc, talcum
a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
2. (verb) talc
apply talcum powder to (one's body)
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1. (noun) talc
a soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety
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1. talc
Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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Sense: a kind of soft mineral that feels like soap.
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 Afrikaans: talk |
 Arabic: مادَّه ناعِمَه كالصّابون |
 Bulgarian: слюда |
 Brazilian: talco |
 Czech: mastek |
 German: der Talk |
 Danish: talkum |
 Greek: ταλκ |
 Spanish: talco |
 Estonian: talk |
 Farsi: سیلیکات منیزیم |
 Finnish: talkki |
 French: talc |
 Hebrew: אַבקַת טַלק |
 Hindi: सेलखड़ी |
 Croatian: milovka |
 Hungarian: zsírkő |
 Indonesian: talk |
 Icelandic: talkúm |
 Italian: talco |
 Japanese: 滑石 |
 Korean: 운모 |
 Lithuanian: talkas |
 Latvian: steatīts |
 Malay: talkum |
 Dutch: talk |
 Norwegian: talk |
 Polish: talk |
 Portuguese: talco |
 Romanian: talc |
 Russian: слюда |
 Slovak: sľuda, mastenec |
 Slovenian: smukec |
 Serbian: talk |
 Swedish: talk |
 Thai: ผงแร่ |
 Turkish: talk |
 Taiwanese: 滑石，雲母 |
 Ukrainian: тальк |
 Urdu: ابرق، طلق |
 Vietnamese: đá tan |
 Chinese: 滑石，云母 |
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