graphite

Etymology
Borrowed from (A. G. Werner 1789), from.

Noun

 * 1) An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.
 * 2) Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
 * 3) A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
 * 1) A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.
 * 1) A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.

Synonyms

 * reinforced plastic, carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, graphite composite, CFRP, CRP
 * reinforced plastic, carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, graphite composite, CFRP, CRP

Derived terms

 * graphite fluoride

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: графит
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
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 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: grafiit, metaantratsiidiks
 * Finnish:
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 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: torsummiutaq, aqerluusassaq
 * Hindi: लिखिज, ग्रेफाइट
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, ritblý
 * Ido:
 * Irish: graifít
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 석묵(石墨),
 * Lao: ຫິນດຳ
 * Latin:
 * Maori: matāpango
 * Mongolian: бал чулуу
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: grafitt
 * Nynorsk: grafitt
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Blie
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਗਰੇਫ਼ਾਈਟ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: tuha
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: hitam,
 * Tamil: கடுங்கரி
 * Thai: ถ่านดำใช้ทำดินสอ
 * Turkish:
 * Ottoman Turkish: غرافیت
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: גראַפֿיט


 * Chinese:
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 * Bulgarian: графит
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: grafiitinharmaa
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To apply graphite to.

Noun

 * 1)  (form of carbon)