talc

talc

 (tălk)

n.

A fine-grained white, greenish, or gray mineral, Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂, having a soft soapy feel and used in talcum and face powder, as a paper coating, and as a filler for paint and plastics.

tr.v. talcked, talck·ing, talcs or talced or talc·ing

To apply this substance to (a photographic plate, for example).

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[French, from Medieval Latin talcum and Old Spanish talco, both from Arabic ṭalq, from Persian talk.]

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talc

(tælk)

n

1. See talcum powder

2. (Minerals) a white, grey, brown, or pale green mineral, found in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of talcum powder and electrical insulators. Composition: hydrated magnesium silicate. Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic

vb, talcs, talcking, talcked, talcs, talcing or talced

(tr) to apply talc to

[C16: from Medieval Latin talcum, from Arabic talq mica, from Persian talk]

ˈtalcose, ˈtalcous adj

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talc

(tælk)
n.

1. a soft green-to-gray mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg₃(Si₄O₁₀)(OH)₂.

2. talcum powder.

[1595–1605; < Medieval Latin talcum < Arabic ṭalq mica < Persian talk]

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talc

(tălk)

A white, greenish, or gray mineral that is a silicate of magnesium, usually occurring as massive mica-like flakes. It has a soft, soapy texture, and is used in face powder and talcum powder, for coating paper, and as a filler in paints and plastics. Talc is the mineral used to represent a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale.

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talc

Past participle: talced/talcked
Gerund: talcing/talcking

Imperative

talc

talc

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	talc - a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder talcum talcum powder, talcum - a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition soaprock, soap-rock, soapstone, steatite - a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments French chalk - a soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains rensselaerite - a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler
Verb	1.	talc - apply talcum powder to (one's body) powder - apply powder to; "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a powdered wig"

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Translations

مادَّة مَسْحوق الطَّلْقمادَّه ناعِمَه كالصّابون

mastekzásyp

talkum

Talk

talc

zsírkõ

talkúm

talco

talkas

steatītstalks

talktalkum

mastenec

talktalk pudrası

云母滑石

talc

[tælk] N → talco m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

talc

[ˈtælk] n (also talcum powder) → talc m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

talc

n (also talcum)

→ Talk m

(also talcum powder) → Talkumpuder m; (esp perfumed) → (Körper)puder m

vt → pudern

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talc

[tælk] talcum powder [ˈtælkəmˌpaʊdəʳ] n → talco

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talc

(tӕlk) noun

1. a kind of soft mineral that feels like soap. talk مادَّه ناعِمَه كالصّابون слюда talco mastek der Talk talkum ταλκtalco talk سیلیکات منیزیم talkki talc אַבקַת טַלק सेलखड़ी milovka zsírkő talk talkúm talco 滑石 운모 talkas steatīts talkum talktalktalk talco talc слюда sľuda, mastenec smukec talk talk ผงแร่ talk 滑石，雲母 тальк ابرق، طلق đá tan 滑石，云母

2. talcum. talk مادَّة مَسْحوق الطَّلْق талк talco zásyp der Talk talkum ταλκtalco talk طلق talkki talc talc अभ्रक, टालकम पाउडर talk hintőpor bedak talkúm talco 滑石 활석 talkas talks talkum talktalkum talk kosmetyczny talco talc тальк zásyp smukec talk talk แป้งโรยตัวและทาหน้า talk pudrası 滑石 тальк طلق، طلق کا پاؤڈر đá tan 滑石

talcum (ˈtӕlkəm) noun

(also talcum powder. often abbreviated to talc) a kind of fine, usually perfumed, powder made from talc, used on the body. talkpoeier مَسْحوق الطَّلْق талк пудра talco zásyp der Körperpuder talkum ταλκpolvos de talco talk پودر تالک talkki talc talc सुगन्धित पाऊडर talk puder hintőpor bedak talkpúður talco タルカムパウダー 탤컴 파우더, 화장용 분 talkas talks bedak talkum talkpoedertalkumpudder talk kosmetyczny pó de talco (pudră de) talc тальк zásyp smukec talk talk[puder] แป้งฝุ่น talk pudrası 滑石粉 тальк طلق کا پاؤڈر bột tan 滑石粉

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talc

n talco

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