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1) "Porcelain" -- As to porcelain por·ce·lain Pronunciation: 'por-s(&-)l&n Function: noun Etymology: Middle French porcelaine cowrie shell, porcelain, from Italian porcellana, from porcello vulva, literally, little pig, from Latin porcellus, diminutive of porcus pig, vulva; from the shape of the shell -- more at FARROW 1 : a hard, fine-grained, sonorous, nonporous, and usually translucent and white ceramic ware that consists essentially of kaolin, quartz, and a feldspathic rock and is fired at a high temperature -- called also hard-paste porcelain, true porcelain 2 : SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN - por·ce·lain·like /-"lIk/ adjective - por·ce·la·ne·ous or por·cel·la·ne·ous /"por-s&-'lA-nE-&s/ adjective Pronunciation Symbols Nymphenburg porcelain (about 1760-1765) Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating selected and refined materials often including clay in the form of kaolinite to high temperatures. Raw materials for porcelain, when mixed with water, form a plastic paste that can be worked to a required shape before firing in a kiln at temperatures between about 1200 and 1400 degrees Celsius. The toughness, strength, and translucence of porcelain arise mainly from the formation at high temperatures of glass and the mineral mullite. Porcelain was named after its resemblance to the white, shiny Venus-shell, called in old Italian porcella. The curved shape of the upper surface of the Venus-shell resembles the curve of a pig's back. (Latin porcella, a little pig, a pig) Properties associated with porcelain include low permeability, high strength, hardness, glassiness, high durability, whiteness, translucence, resonance, brittleness, high resistance to the passage of electricity, high resistance to chemical attack, high resistance to thermal shock and high elasticity. The Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities defines porcelain as "completely vitrified, hard, impermeable (even before glazing), white or artificially coloured, translucent (except when of considerable thickness) and resonant." Porcelain is used to make table, kitchen, sanitary, decorative wares, objects of fine art, and tiles. Its high resistance to the passage of electricity makes porcelain an excellent insulating material and it is widely used for high-voltage insulators. It is also used in dentistry to make false teeth, caps and crowns. 1 Scope, materials and methods 1.1 Scope 1.2 Materials 1.3 Methods 2 Categories of porce..." Further Data On Term for porcelain Internet users who seek porcelain often also seach for: porcelain shoes, herend porcelain, porcelain insulator, porcelain dinnerware, porcelain, lamp, porcelain, royal, porcelain, white, porcelain, porcelain, figurines, porcelain, plates, porcelain, tile, porcelain, crowns, rosenthal, porcelain, tile, porcelain, porcelain, shoes, herend, porcelain, porcelain, insulator, porcelain, dinnerware Regularly Occuring Typos with porcelain include: oprcelain procelain pocrelain poreclain porcleain porcealin porcelian porcelani orcelain prcelain pocelain porelain porclain porceain porcelin porcelan porcelai oorcelain pircelain pkrcelain plrcelain pprcelain parcelain percelain purcelain poecelain podcelain pofcelain potcelain porxelain pordelain porfelain porvelain porkelain porcwlain porcslain porcdlain porcrlain porcalain porcilain porcolain porculain porcekain porceoain porcepain porcelqin porcelsin porcelzin porcelein porceliin porceloin porceluin porcelaun porcelakn porcelaon porcelaan porcelaen porcelaun porcelaib porcelaih porcelaij porcelaim Commonly appearing connections are : portugal lisbon, portofino hotel and yacht club, portland acupuncture, portfolios, portable mini disc, portable cot, portable backstop, port orleans french quarter, porsche uk, porsche cars, porcelain lamp, pop up camping, ponytail holder, pond spitters, polyurethane paint, polyester swim suits, polycarbonate lens, polo wallets, pollock prints, polishing stones, polish silver, police record Similar searches have yielded these phrases porcelain: porcelain lamp, porcelain, royal porcelain, white porcelain, porcelain figurines, porcelain plates, porcelain tile, porcelain crowns, rosenthal porcelain, tile porcelain Certain copy here porcelain made available through Wikipedia and the GNU Free Documentation License.