Definitions for talctælk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

talctælk(n.)

  1. a soft green-to-gray mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2.

    Category: Mineralogy

  2. Ref: talcum powder.

Origin of talc:

1595–1605; < ML talcum < Ar ṭalq mica < Pers talk

Princeton's WordNet

  1. talc, talcum(verb)

    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. talc(verb)

    apply talcum powder to (one's body)

Wiktionary

  1. talc(Noun)

    A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses.

  2. Origin: From talc, from (talq).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Talc(noun)

    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

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  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)


Translations for talc

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

talc(noun)

a kind of soft mineral that feels like soap.

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