English Explanatory Dictionary

micanite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.

Word forms

micanite micanites

Etymology

Trade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite and ebonite.

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