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ACHESON PROCESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acheson process mean?
• ACHESON PROCESS (noun)
The noun ACHESON PROCESS has 1 sense:
1. an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay
Familiarity information: ACHESON PROCESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("Acheson process" is a kind of...):
industrial process (a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something)
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