graphite

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/ˈɡɹæfaɪt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A soft black form of carbon used in pencils.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A grey colour, resembling graphite or the marks made with a graphite pencil.

Examples

  • Only oil of the best quality and pure graphite should be used.

  • Two kinds of lubricant are used on a bicycle--oil and graphite.

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for lightweight strength and stiffness.

  2. 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.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To apply graphite to.

More examples

In context

  • Modern tennis racquets are made of graphite, fibreglass and other man-made materials.

  • Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]

Synonyms

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The pencil's core is made of blank, which leaves a gray mark on paper.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from German Graphit (A. G. Werner 1789), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).