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Definitions: Talc |
TalcNoun1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder. Verb1. Apply talcum powder to (one's body). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "talc" was first used: 1582. (references) |
Etymology: Talc \Talc\, noun. [French expression talc; compage to the Spanish expression Italian talco, Late Latin expression talcus; all from Ar. talq.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | Mineral substance rich in hydrous magnesium silicate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | Magnesium silicate mineral, with water. Commonly called soapstone. Very soft and platy, like mica. Can be easily carved with a knife. Generally in very fine grained masses. (references) |
Medicine | A native magnesium silicate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A monoclinic and triclinic mineral, 2[Mg6 (OH)4 (Si (sub 8) O20 )] ; basal cleavage; soft; has a greasy or soapy feel; easily cut with a knife; occurs as hydrothermal alteration of ultramafic rocks, low-grade metamorphism of siliceous dolomites in foliated, granular, or fibrous masses; an insulator, ceramic raw material, and lubricant. Originally spelled talck. See also:steatite; soapstone. b. In commercial usage, a talcose rock; a rock consisting of talc,tremolite, chlorite, anthophyllite, and related minerals. Syn:talcum. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Talc is a metamorphic mineral resulting from the alteration of silicates of magnesium such as pyroxenes, amphiboles, olivine and other similar minerals. It is usually found in metamorphic rocks, often of a basic type due to the alteration of the minerals mentioned above.
A coarse grayish-green talc has been called soapstone or steatite and has been used for stoves, sinks, electrical switchboards, etc. Talc finds use as a cosmetic (talcum powder), as a lubricant, and as a filler in paper manufacture. Most tailor's chalk is talc.
The origin of the name derives from the Persian via Arabic.
See also: List of minerals
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Talc."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
talc | English | Hydrous magnesium silicate(agalmatolite) | Chemistry, Mining |
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Synonym: TalcSynonym: talcum (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mineral Talc.Credit: USDA. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Swaziland | Natural resources: asbestos, coal, diamonds, quarry stone, timber, talc. (references) |
Zambia | Zambia also has deposits of gold, silver, selenium, talc, limestone, coal, clay graphite, and silica. (references) | |
Afghanistan | Afghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones. (references) | |
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| "Talc" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Talc" is used about 34 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) | 88.24% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.76% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "talc": Indurated talc ♦ oil of talc ♦ talc plaque ♦ talc slate. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
talc | 95 |
talc free | 20 |
talc powder | 15 |
talc free powder | 10 |
talc free body powder | 8 |
pleurodesis talc | 7 |
mineral talc | 5 |
man talc | 4 |
yardley perfumed talc | 3 |
aramis talc | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "talc"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | talk, pudër talk (talcum, talcum powder). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسحوق تجميل بودرة (talcum), الطلق معدن طري. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слюда (isinglass, mica), талк на прах (talcum powder), талк (soapstone, talcum). (various references) | |
Chinese | 滑石 (talcum). (various references) | |
Czech | mastek (soapstone, talcum), klouzek (talcum). (various references) | |
Danish | talkumiere, talkum (talcum), talcum (talcum), E553b. (various references) | |
Dutch | talk (beef tallow, dripping, suet, talcum, tallow), talcum (talcum), speksteenpoeder (talcum), poederen (powder), magnesiumwaterstofmetasilicaat, E553b. (various references) | |
Farsi | طلق زدن به , طلق (Isinglass), باطلق ساختن . (various references) | |
Finnish | talkki (E553b, talcum powder). (various references) | |
French | talc (talcum). (various references) | |
German | Talk (E553b, talcum), talkum (talcum). (various references) | |
Greek | σαπουνόχωμα (soapstone, talcum), στεατίτησ (steatite), πασπάλισμα με τάλκη, πούδρα (face powder, powder, toilet powder), Ε553β (E553b), επίπαση με τάλκη, τάλκησ, τάλκης (E553b, talcum), τάλκ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | טלק (talcum powder). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zsírkõ (steatite, talcum). (various references) | |
Italian | talco (E553b, talcum). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 滑石 , タバコモザイク病 (sound like tapping a soft belly, tab, tablet, tabloid, taboo, talisman, thallium, tobacco mosaic, tough, toughness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かっせき (sliding seat), タルク . (various references) | |
Korean | 활석. (various references) | |
Manx | talck. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alctay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | talco (body powder, E553b, powder, talcum, talcum powder). (various references) | |
Russian | тальк (talcum, talcum powder). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | talk (steatite, talcum). (various references) | |
Spanish | talco (E553b, soapstone, talcum). (various references) | |
Swedish | talk (E553b, talcum, talcum powder), talka. (various references) | |
Thai | แป้งโรยตัวและทาหน้า (talcum). (various references) | |
Turkish | talk. (various references) | |
Ukranian | слюда (daze, mica), тальк (talcum). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Persian | 800-Modern | talk. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "talc": talced, talcing, talcked, talcking, talcky, talcose, talcous, talcs, talcum, talcums. (additional references) | |
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"Talc" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Allc, Atbc, atls, Atpc, Gtatcc, italc, kalc, Qtac, tacc, tacle, Tacq, tagl, tal, tala, talck, talcs, tald, talg, talic, Talica, Talich, talm, talo, talq, talt, talu, talz, telec, ticl, tilb, tilf, Tkalec, Tlaloc, tlec, Tulk, Twala. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-l-t" | |
-1 letter: act, alt, cat, lac, lat. | |
-2 letters: al, at, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-l-t" | |
+1 letter: clapt, clast, cleat, eclat, latch, octal, talcs, tical. | |
+2 letters: acetal, acetyl, actual, atelic, cablet, callet, camlet, cantle, caplet, cartel, castle, catalo, catlin, cattle, cental, chalet, chalot, chital, citola, citral, claret, claspt, clasts, cleats, cobalt, coital, costal, curtal, cutlas, dactyl, ductal, eclats, italic, klatch, lactam, lactic, lancet, locate, placet, rectal, rictal, slatch, tackle, talced, talcky, talcum, tectal, thecal, ticals, tincal. | |
+3 letters: acetals, acetyls, acolyte, actable, actinal, acutely, acylate, afflict, albitic, aloetic, anticly, aplitic, article, backlit, cablets, calathi, calcite, callant, callets, calmest, calotte, caltrap, caltrop, calumet, camlets, cantala, canthal, cantles, capelet, capital, capitol, caplets, cartels, castled, castles, catalog, catalos, catalpa, catcall, catclaw, catfall, catlike, catling, catlins, cattail, cattalo, cattily, catwalk, celesta, centals, central, chaetal, chalets, challot, chaloth, chalutz, chaplet, chattel, chelate, chitals, cholate, ciliate, citable, citadel, citolas, citrals, cladist, clamant, clarets, clarity, clastic, clatter, claucht, claught, clavate, cleated, climate, coalpit, coastal, cobalts, collate, coolant, cotidal, crestal, crustal, cryptal, crystal, cubital, curtail, curtals, cutlass, dactyli, dactyls, deltaic, dialect, ectypal, edictal, elastic, ethical, exactly, factful, factual, faculty, falcate, flatcap, flatcar, fractal, hatchel, hellcat, italics, klatsch, laciest, lactams, lactary, lactase, lactate, lacteal, lactean, lactone, lactose, lancets, latched, latches, latchet, latency, latices, lattice, located, locater, locates, locator, locusta, lunatic, metical, octanol, octaval, optical, otalgic, placate, placets, placket, plastic, playact, plectra, plicate, polecat, potlach, recital, satchel, scantly, scarlet, scrotal, stoical, sulcate, tacitly, tackily, tackled, tackler, tackles, tactful, tactile, tactual, talcing, talcked, talcose, talcous, talcums, thallic, tincals, topical, toxical, trachle, treacle, treacly, triclad, trochal, typical, unlatch, vatical, victual, voltaic, wildcat. | |
+4 letters: abjectly, acetoxyl, acetylic, acolytes, acrolect, acrolith, acrylate, actively, actually, aculeate, acylated, acylates, afflicts, alacrity, alcahest, allocate, analcite, analecta, analects, analytic, antalgic, anticold, anticult, antilock, aplastic, articled, articles, athletic, atomical, atypical, backlist, backtalk, balletic, basaltic, biacetyl, biotical, blackest, blackout, blacktop, blatancy, bluecoat, bootlace, bracelet, bracteal, bractlet, brocatel, bucktail, cabalist, cachalot, calamint, calamite, calamity, calathos, calathus, calceate, calcites, calcitic, calctufa, calctuff, califate, callants, calottes, calotype, calthrop, caltraps, caltrops, calumets, calutron, calycate, calypter, calyptra, cantalas, canticle, cantonal, canulate, capelets, capitals, capitols, capitula, cartable, cartload, castable, castling, casualty, catalase, cataloes, catalogs, catalpas, catalyst, catalyze, catapult, catcalls, catchall, catchfly, catclaws, catechol, catfalls, cathodal, catholic, catlings, cattails, cattalos, cattleya, catwalks, celestas, celibate, cellaret, cellmate, celomata, centrals, cervelat, challoth, chaplets, chastely, chattels, chattily, chelated, chelates, chelator, chevalet, chiliast, chlorate, cholates, cilantro, ciliated, ciliates, citadels, citeable, cladists, claimant, claptrap, clarinet, classist, clastics, clatters, clattery, claughts, claustra, clayiest, cleanest, clearest, cleating, clematis, cliental, climatal, climates, climatic, clitella, clitoral, clodpate, clypeate, coaliest, coalpits, coatless, coattail, cobaltic, cocktail, coitally, collaret, collated, collates, collator, colocate, colorant, comatula, comitial, compleat, conepatl, conflate, contrail, coolants, copulate, corelate, cortical, covalent, craftily, critical, crystals, cultivar, cultrate, cultural, cumulate, cupulate, curtails, curtalax, custumal, cuticula, cutlases, cuttable, dactylic, dactylus, dalmatic, daltonic, decretal, delicate, diacetyl, dialects, dialytic, dicrotal, didactyl, doctoral, ducktail, ecotonal, elastics, erotical, escalate, eschalot, ethicals, ethnical, eucalypt, excretal, facelift, facetely, facility, falcated, falconet, flatcaps, flatcars, fractals, galactic, gestical, glaciate, halachot, haptical, hatchels, hectical, hellcats, iatrical, jaculate, klatches, lacerate, lacertid, lactases, lactated, lactates, lacteals, lacteous, lactones, lactonic, lactoses, lacunate, laitance, lancelet, lanceted, latchets, latching, latchkey, latticed, lattices, leachate, literacy, localist, localite, locality, locaters, locating, location, locative, locators, loculate, locustae, locustal, loricate, lunatics, maculate, maledict, marlitic, masscult, metallic, meticals, metrical, multicar, muscatel, mystical, mythical, nautical, nucleate, obstacle, ocellate, octangle, octanols, octantal, oothecal, osculant, osculate, outcavil, outclass, outcrawl, particle, patchily, pectoral, peculate, pentacle, phthalic, placated, placater, placates, placenta, plackets, planchet, plastics, platinic, platonic, playacts, plicated, poetical, polecats, potlache, potlatch, praelect, prelatic, punctual, raclette, recitals, rectally, relocate, retackle, reticula, rustical, salacity, santalic, satchels, scaliest, scantily, scarlets, sceptral, schmaltz, scutella, secantly, sectoral, septical, silicate, slackest, slatches, slotback, societal, spectral, stanchly, statical, sterical, sulcated, sultanic, sylvatic, tacklers, tackless, tackling, tactical, tactless, taiglach, tailback, tailcoat, tailrace, talcking, talmudic, tantalic, teiglach, telecast, tenacula, tentacle, teocalli, thalamic, thetical, thinclad, thoracal, tieclasp, tracheal, trachled, trachles, tractile, tragical, trauchle, treacles, triclads, trifocal, trochlea, tropical, turrical, ulcerate, ultimacy, uralitic, vacantly, vertical, viatical, victuals, villatic, vocalist, vocality, vortical, watchful, wildcats. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6C 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- .-.. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101100 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a l c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006C 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54677869 |
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