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abrasive ( n a substance used for grinding or polishing that will wear away a material or tissue. abrasive disk, n See disk, abrasive. abrasive, finishing, n the application of abrasive materials in order to eliminate surface imperfections. abrasive point, rotary, n See point, abrasive, rotary. abrasive polishing agent, n a paste containing sharp-edged particles that are moved over the surface of a material with varying pressure and speed. The movement abrades the surface with microscopic scratches, which creates a polished finish. See also dentifrice and polishing. abrasive strip, n See strip, abrasive. abrasive system, n the materials used for polishing and cleansing. Common materials include calcium carbonate (calcite, chalk, whiting), diamond particles (for porcelain), some aluminum derivatives (not for enamel), rouge (jeweler's rouge; applied to gold and precious metal alloys), and tin oxide (putty powder, stannic oxide). abrasive 1. causing abrasion. 2. an agent that produces abrasion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And a sure way to keep those laughs coming is to keep the
characters abrasively at odds with one another for as long as possible. The dome was abrasively blasted and painted in the 1940s, 1960s and
1970s, with each new coating failing within a few years. On the
evidence of WAT, there will be reason to recollect the later, not just
the groundbreaking earlier, industrial production of old Eastern
Europe's most abrasively transcendent noise artists. |
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