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COMPOSITE MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does composite material mean? 

COMPOSITE MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun COMPOSITE MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemicallyplay

  Familiarity information: COMPOSITE MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPOSITE MATERIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("composite material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)


 Context examples 


A strip of paper or other composite material that is coated or impregnated with reagents designed to detect the presence of an analyte in a liquid by producing a color change on the strip or is read using an instrument.

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