talc

CEFRB2

/tælk/

noun · verb

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noun
A soft mineral used in powder and other products.
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noun
Extra detail
A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
Talcum powder.

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The worker applied a fine layer of talc to the surface of the mold.
The abeer is often mixed with powdered talc to make it glitter, and then, if it gets into the eyes, it causes a good deal of pain.
With this background and experience we feel justified in stating that not all talcs contain, or are associated with, asbestos.

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The abeer is often mixed with powdered talc to make it glitter, and then, if it gets into the eyes, it causes a good deal of pain.
1856, Life in Brazil, page 103
"Generous talcing" is applied not only to the naked bale, but to the inside of the wrapper, and after stenciling, to the interior of the package. This talcing is repeated, "if necessary, dependent upon the number of handlings up to and into stores for steamer loading."
1940, Rubber Journal, volume 99, page 479
Three manufacturers have now produced separate designs for talcing boxes; one uses conventional techniques of brushing and vibrators, one is a fluidised bed and the third is an electrostatic applicator.
1977, Great Britain Health, Safety Executive, Manufacturing & Service Industries, page 43
Then he talced his hands, slipped on a new pair of rubber gloves, went to the shapeless thing at the other end of the table, and began to work.
1983, Aaron Elkins, The Dark Place, published 2010, page 107
With this background and experience we feel justified in stating that not all talcs contain, or are associated with, asbestos.
1978, C. J. Parmentier with G. J. Gill, “Practical Aspects of Talc and Asbestos”, in C. C. Gravatt, Philip D. LaFleur, Kurt F. J. Heinrich, editors, Proceedings of Workshop on Asbestos, Definitions and Measurement Methods, page 406

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From Middle French talc, from Arabic طَلْق (ṭalq), from Persian تلک (talk), from Middle Persian [Term?] (“medicament”).