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ZIRCONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zirconia mean?
• ZIRCONIA (noun)
The noun ZIRCONIA has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
Familiarity information: ZIRCONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
zirconia; zirconium dioxide; zirconium oxide
Hypernyms ("zirconia" is a kind of...):
oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)
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