Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to a chemical precipitate, especially of carbonates, having the characteristics of cement.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to cement; having the property of cementing; of the nature of cement.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Of the nature of cement.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling or having some properties of cement.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective like or relevant to or having the properties of cement

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin caementīcius, made of uncut stones or rubble, from caementum, uncut stone; see cement.]

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Latin caementitius pertaining to quarry stones. See cement.

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Examples

  • The association specializes in premixes for engineered cementitious composite (ECC) (Bendable Concrete).

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • The association specializes in premixes for engineered cementitious composite (ECC) (Bendable Concrete).

    September 09, 2009 Meeting Minutes admin 2009

  • Li's self-healing concrete is based on a material he came up with in 1990 called engineered cementitious composite.

    Self-Healing Concrete Anna Vander Broek 2009

  • In 1962, entomologist Jean Ruelle — as if possessed by the unborn spirit of Rachel Whiteread — filled a mature Macrotermes michaelseni mound with cementitious slurry, waited until it hardened, and then eroded every bit of the sculpted soil with water and trowels.

    Landscapes as organs of extended physiology 2007

  • In 1962, entomologist Jean Ruelle — as if possessed by the unborn spirit of Rachel Whiteread — filled a mature Macrotermes michaelseni mound with cementitious slurry, waited until it hardened, and then eroded every bit of the sculpted soil with water and trowels.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Bitumen is a generic term for natural or manufactured black or dark-colored solid, semisolid, or viscous cementitious materials that are composed mainly of high-molecular weight hydrocarbons.

    Asphalt 2008

  • However, now that the disaster has occured, and the buildings are mostly destroyed, why not re-level the city – that is, demolish all structures, remove/burn the non-cementitious debris and then add fill dirt to add 20 ft elevation everywhere?

    Should New Orleans be rebuilt? « BuzzMachine 2005

  • I meant painted in the sense of a pigmented cementitious finish that is applied to the surface of the brick before firing.

    Green Building Elements: Brick 2007

  • GERRI WILLIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Looking for an alternative to aluminum siding, consider using cementitious material.

    CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2004 2004

  • Surprisingly, nearly ten centimeters of cementitious material remained attached to the underside of the mosaic, making the piece quite heavy.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Restoration Report 8 2003

  • Lime has a chemical structure that makes it clingy or cementitious, and more so when mixed with other minerals in the shale and clays — and together they form what is called “clinker,” or “gray gold,” built of tiny interlocking crystals

    Reinventing the world’s favorite building material

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