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noun
A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass and/or resulting from confusion with the term Muscovy glass for glazing made from mica, but also used for isinglass, which was chiefly produced in the Caspian Sea region of Russia, or Muscovy).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mineral, transparent substance, translucent substance
Narrower terms: biotite, lepidolite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite, zinnwaldite
History
Apparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeon of the Huso genus”) + Blase (“bladder”), with alteration after glass.
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
