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hydraulic cement

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Noun1.hydraulic cement - a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
cement - a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

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Key statement: The cement compositions comprise carbon fibers, rubber particles, a hydraulic cement material and sufficient water to form a pumpable slurry.
Other papers are devoted to more particular matters -- the hammer-beam roof over Westminster Hall, iron reinforcement in the Louvre, John Smeaton's use of hydraulic cement in the Eddystone lighthouse, and ribbed vaults and squinch arches in cathedrals.
 
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