alumina

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alumina

  • /əˈl(j)uːmɪnə/ UK

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From the combining form of Latin alumen + -a.

noun aluminas · aluminia

  1. countable, uncountable Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound. The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.

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noun aluminum oxide

Españolalúmina
Portuguêsalumina
Françaisalumine
DeutschTonerde
Italianoallumina
Ελληνικάαλουμίνα aloumína
Русскийглинозём glinozjóm

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@misc{alumina_2026,
  title = {alumina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alumina},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}