Word Finder - ceramic

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A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a materal, such as clay, then firing it at a high tempature.

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Joan made the dish from ceramic.

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An object made of this material

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Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

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Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

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A ceramic vase stood on the table.

It mixed with the rain to drip pink puddles on the ceramic floor.

Awata-yaki is the best known among the ceramic productions of Kiflto.

Ceramic pots are made of earthen material.

Tc such a depth of debasement had the ceramic art fallen in Owari, that before the happy renaissance of the past ten years, Nagoya discredited itself by employing porcelain as a base for cloisonn enamelling.

Japan, on the contrary, owes her ceramic distinction in the main to her faience.

Its only notable production of a ceramic character was the work of Miura Kenya (1830-1843), who followed the methods of the celebrated Haritsu (I 6881704) of KiOto in decorating plain or lacquered wood with mosaics of raku faience having colored glazes.

It is therefore an error to assert that KiOto has no longer a title to be called a great ceramic centre.

At a considerable depth below the foundations of a temple-palace at Teotihuacan, Dr Lehmann discovered certain ceramic fragments of a type quite different from any hitherto classed as Mexican.

In the various ceramic arts Italy was once unrivalled, but the ancient tradition for a long time lost its primeval impulse.

For the ceramic art admirable material was at hand in the district north-west of the Acropolis.

The feldspar of a splendid pegmatite and its products of disintegration on the borders of Owari, Mino and Mikawa form the raw material of the very extensive ceramic industry of this district, with its chief place, Seto.

In its early days the ceramic industry of this province owed something to the assistance of Korean experts who settled there after the expedition of 1592.

But their skill as decorators was as great as its range was wide, and they produced a multitude of masterpieces on which alone Japans ceramic fame might safely be rested.

TokyO was never a centre of ceramic production.

Same as C and D. Requires ceramic plating and has no oversizes.

The fresco-paintings, ceramic motives, reliefs, free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of Crete have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impression already created by the goldsmiths' and painters' work of the Greek mainland (Mycenae, Vaphio, Tiryns).

The Aegean remains have become astonishingly uniform over the whole area; the local ceramic developments have almost ceased and been replaced by ware of one general type both of fabric and decoration.

In this neighbourhood were found a great number of tombs containing vases of all periods, which furnish a marvellous record of the development of Attic ceramic art.

Wood-carving also flourished here in the 15th and 16th centuries, and so also did the ceramic art, though few of its products are preserved.

The ceramic history of Babylonia and Assyria has unfortunately not yet been traced; at Susa alone has the care demanded by the modern methods of archaeology been as yet expended on examining and separating the pottery found in the excavations, and Susa is not Babylonia.

CeramicsAll research proves that up to the 12th century of the Christian era the ceramic ware produced in Japan was of a very rude character.

In the I3th century, however, the introduction 01 tea from China, together with vessels for infusing and serving it revealed to the Japanese a new conception of ceramic possibilities for the potters of the Middle Kingdom had then (Sung dynasty) fully entered the road which was destined to carry them ultimately to a high pinnacle of their craft.

Specimens of the latter are still preserved in European collections, where they are classed as genuine examples of Japanese ceramic art, though beyond question their style of decoration was greatly influenced by Dutch interference.

The ceramic art in Satsuma owed much to the aid of a number of Korean experts who settled there after the return of the Japanese forces from Korea.

Seto, in fact, acquired such a widespread reputation for its ceramic productions that the term seto-mono (Seto article) came to be used generally for all pottery and porcelain, just as China is in the West.

So, too, the blue-and-white porcelain of Hirado, though assisted by exceptional tenderness of sous-pdte color, by milk-white glaze, by great beauty of decorative design, and often by an admirable use of the modelling or graving tool, represents a ceramic achievement palpably below the soft paste kai-pien-yao of King-te-chen.

The Japanese, although they obtained from their neighbor almost everything of value she had to give them, did not know this wonderful ware, and their ignorance is in itself sufficient to prove their ceramic inferiority.

All students of the ceramic art know that the monochrome porceMonochro- lains of China owe their beauty to the fact that the;afic t color is in the glaze, not under it.

In the nearly unexplored central part of Nicaragua Dr Lehmann found fragments of painted polychrome clay pottery similar to objects known from the Ulloa Valley (Honduras) amongst other ceramic pieces which seem to have been left by the ancestors of the Sumo Indians, now extinct in that territory.

The original furniture of the palace is represented by the celebrated vase of the Alhambra, a splendid specimen of Moorish ceramic art, dating from 1 3 20, and belonging to the first period of Moorish porcelain.

In his hands Sevres became the leading porcelain factory in Europe, and the researches of an able band of assistants enabled him to lay the foundations of ceramic chemistry.

Porcelain is the name of a type of ceramic ware which is characterized by a translucent body and is also loosely used for the finer kinds of ware, popularly known as chinaware.

When annealed and cooled, the canes are cut into thin cross-sections and arranged on a ceramic kiln batt - see objects on table.

A second database includes (for Region 8) information about all the Graeco-Roman ceramic beehives that we found.

If you are using ceramic briquettes, allow them to cool and then turn them upright again.

Ceramic and glass objects can be dusted using a soft sable brush, holding the object with one hand.

The Classic Deluxe comes with seven burners including a triple ring wok burner and ceramic multi-zone, in addition to the five gas burners.

Why do multilayer ceramic capacitors crack or burst into flames?

Many ceramic capacitors of high value show random small variations in value.

Ceramic Paws at Holme Grange Craft Village provides a peaceful countryside location - ideal for painting ceramic Paws at Holme Grange Craft Village provides a peaceful countryside location - ideal for painting ceramics.

This sealed a yellowish-brown sandy clay with inclusions of charcoal and ceramic building material interpreted as a layer of overburden (C1147 ).

The newly fitted kitchen has a dishwasher, microwave, ceramic hob, electric oven, fridge with freezer compartment.

This work includes functional materials (electrical devices and catalysts) and structural materials in the form of ceramic composites.

The ceramic particles in dental restorative composites are coated with a silane coupling agent to improve their adhesion to the resin matrix.

The Cooking Pot has a solid base and is suitable for heating on all hobs, including ceramic and halogen cookers.

Produced by Dometic under their Cramer brand, the ceramic cooktop is a sealed unit, with automatic ignition and four burner positions.

Ceramic tiles should be thoroughly degreased, rinsed and allowed to dry.

Also Required dental Technician perform ceramic crowns & bridge & perform cast partial dentures.

Kirstie Reynolds is a ceramic and jewelry designer maker from Oxfordshire.

Further research interests are in the rheology of colloidal ceramic dispersions.