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Definition: POZZOLANA |
POZZOLANANoun1. Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water. |
"POZZOLANA" is a common misspelling or typo for: puzzling. |
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Mining | A. A leucitic tuff quarried near Pozzuoli, Italy, and used in the manufacture of hydraulic cement. The term is now applied more generally to a number of natural and manufactured materials, such as ash and slag, that impart specific properties to cement. Pozzolanic cements have superior strength when cured and are resistant to saline and acidic solutions. Also spelled: pozzolan; pozzuolana; pozzuolane. See also:gaize b. A material that is capable of reacting with lime in the presence of water at ordinary temperature to produce a cementitious compound. Natural pozzolanas are siliceous material of volcanic origin. They include trass and Santorin earth. Blast furnace slag is used to produce artificialpozzolanas. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: POZZOLANA |
| English words defined with "POZZOLANA": Pozzuolana. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "POZZOLANA": mixed cements ♦ pozzolana cement ♦ Santorin earth. (references) |
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Economic History | Cape Verde | Mineral resources include salt, pozzolana (a volcanic rock used in cement production), and limestone. (references) |
Cape Verde | Natural resources: Salt, pozzolana, limestone. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "POZZOLANA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "POZZOLANA" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "POZZOLANA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | puzzolanjord. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | puzzolaanaarde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pouzzolane (pozzolan), terre de pouzzolane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Puzzolan/erde, Puzzolan (pozzolan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πουζολάνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pozzolana (pozzolan), terra di pozzolana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ozzolanapay pozolana (pozzolan, puzzolana), terra pozolana. (various references) puzolana (pozzuolana). (various references) lav (lava, pozzuolana). (various references) вулканічний туф. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "POZZOLANA": pozzolanas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-o-o-p-z-z" | |
-1 letter: pozzolan. | |
-2 letters: palazzo. | |
-3 letters: azonal, zoonal. | |
-4 letters: azlon, nopal, plaza, zanza, zonal. | |
-5 letters: alan, anal, anoa, azan, azon, loan, loon, loop, nolo, opal, plan, polo, pool, poon, zoon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-o-o-p-z-z" | |
+1 letter: pozzolanas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 5A 5A 4F 4C 41 4E 41 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- --.. --.. --- .-.. .- -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01011010 01011010 01001111 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O Z Z O L A N A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 005A 005A 004F 004C 0041 004E 0041 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)504960604946354835 |
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