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English
Etymology
From asbestos + -ine?
Adjective
asbestine (comparative more asbestine, superlative most asbestine)
- Resembling or relating to asbestos.
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Noun
asbestine (plural asbestines)
- A type of fibrous talc used primarily as a filler or extender.
1932, Sands, Clays and Minerals, page 49:The Asbestines are crystalline Silicates of a whitish grey in colour containing Alumina, Lime, Iron and Magnesia.
1944 November, Philip S. Turner, Jewel Doran, Frank W. Reinhart, Fairing Compositions for Aircraft Surfaces (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Technical Note; No. 958), Washington, page 8:The most efficient of these fillers for reducing the coefficient of thermal expansion of vinyl acetate resin are the asbestines.
1962, Herbert W. Chatfield, editor, The Science of Surface Coatings, London: Ernest Benn Limited, page 222:Compositions of Magnesium Silicates / Percentage composition / 14 24 3 4 5 6 / […] / 1. American talc. / 2. Soapstone. / 3. Microtalc IT. A/S Norwegian Talc. / 4. Sepiolite. F. W. Berk & Co. / 5. Asbestines X, 3X, 5X, FT, 325 and 425. / 6. Asbestine 625.
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