Definition of Abradants

1. Noun. (plural of abradant) ¹

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Definition of Abradants

1. abradant [n] - See also: abradant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abradants

abovestated
abowt
abox
abozzo
abporal
abr.
abra-cadabra
abracadabra
abracadabras
abrachias
abradable
abradant
abradants (current term)
abraded
abrader
abraders
abrades
abrading
abrading stone
abradingly
abraid
abraided
abraiding
abraids
abram

Literary usage of Abradants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... disseminated in the rocks or which must first be freed from impurities and are prepared for use by an initial granulation ; (3) artificial abradants. ..."

2. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1917)
"To this paste add a dram or two of any one of several finely ground abradants, as chalk, rotten stone, rouge, tripoli, or buckhorn. ..."

3. Tools and Machines by Charles Barnard (1903)
"The abradants have still another use. A grindstone is a grinding-wheel, and we use it to grind away a part of the blade of a knife and give it a fine, ..."

4. Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Geological Survey of Arkansas (1898)
"It is said to be much more enduring than natural abradants and to cut much more rapidly. An objection offered to both the crushed steel and the chilled shot ..."

5. Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas by Arkansas State Geologist, John Casper Branner, Geological Survey of Arkansas (1893)
"It is said to be much more enduring than natural abradants and to cut much more rapidly. An objection offered to both the crushed steel and the chilled shot ..."

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