Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A liquid state.
- noun Menstrual flux.
- noun In mineralogy, fluor-spar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A fluid state.
- noun obsolete Menstrual flux; catamenia; menses.
- noun (Min.) See
Fluorite .
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- noun
Fluorite (symbol:F ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the case of fluorides free from silicates (such as fluor-spar), it is determined indirectly by decomposing a weighed portion with sulphuric acid, evaporating, igniting, and weighing the residual sulphate.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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This I suspect to be the most frequent kind of fluor albus; the former one described at Class I. 1. 2. 11. attends menstruation, or is a discharge instead of it, and thus resembles the venereal orgasm of female quadrupeds.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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May 13, 2008 at 5:33 pm jes wun moehr capshun fohr pickshur: O crap, Mamah jes mahp dis fluor!
alienz be aductin meh! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Caelius Aurelianus, who named the ailment fluor ventris, typically provided a more elaborate description than Mustio but similarly stressed that the nurse would act as intermediary (CA, 1.169, pp. 61 — 62).
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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CCA (chrome copper arsenide) preservative treated wood, recognizable with its greenish hue, will leach chrome VI (think ‘Erin Brockovitch’), fluor and arsenic — a serious threat to human and environmental health.
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For pie crust just rememebr half as much shortning/butter as fluor, half as much ice water as shortning plus use lots of flour in the roll out.
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The final constituent of Patrizi's physics is humidity (fluor), which is passive and material and somewhat akin to the elements associated with pre-Socratic thinkers such as Empedocles.
Francesco Patrizi Purnell, Fred 2004
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He began nearly every sentence with, "What we have here is a great advance in medical science, a fluor-oscope" -or a special X-ray machine, or an implement to be used in surgery.
Borrowed Finery, A Memoir Fox, Paula 2001
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The photo-electric excitability of fluor-spar crystals is increased by a moderate heat (80° to 100° C.).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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Hantzel has communicated to the Saxon Royal Society of Science some interesting observations on the production of electricity by light in colored fluor-spar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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