micanite
micanite · micanites
A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or…A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.
Origin
Trade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanTrade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite and ebonite.
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