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English
Etymology
From (combining form of) Latin alumen + -a.
Pronunciation
Noun
alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)
- Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound.
1875, Journal of the Bath and West of England Society and Southern Counties Association for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volumes 7-8, page 133:The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.
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French
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Verb
alumina
- third-person singular past historic of aluminer
Latin
Noun
alūmina
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of alūmen
Portuguese
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Noun
alumina f (plural aluminas)
- (geology) alumina (aluminium oxide)