columbinn.

/kəˈlʌmbɪn/

Etymology: A transferred use of French colombin ‘baisin dans lequel se met la composition de la fritte du faïencier’ (Littré).

An insulating material used for connecting the sockets of the electric (Jablochkoff) candle. Formerly made of pieces of baked kaolin; now of a mixture of calcium and barium sulphates.

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1882 J. Dredge Electr. Illumination I. 516 The utility of the insulator lies in a sensible reduction in the amount of power absorbed. The ‘columbin’ gives a definite increase of light for a given power.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	columbin
释义	columbinn. /kəˈlʌmbɪn/ Etymology: A transferred use of French colombin ‘baisin dans lequel se met la composition de la fritte du faïencier’ (Littré). An insulating material used for connecting the sockets of the electric (Jablochkoff) candle. Formerly made of pieces of baked kaolin; now of a mixture of calcium and barium sulphates. ΚΠ 1882 J. Dredge Electr. Illumination I. 516 The utility of the insulator lies in a sensible reduction in the amount of power absorbed. The ‘columbin’ gives a definite increase of light for a given power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1882
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