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minium |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Minium \Min"i*um\ (?; 277), n. [L. minium, an Iberian word the Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf Basque armine['a].] (Chem.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, {Pb3O4}, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also {red lead}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: minium n : a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics [syn: {red lead}]
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