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refractoriness
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English
Etymology
From refractory + -ness.
Noun
refractoriness (uncountable)
- The quality of being refractory.
- 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 8,
- Uncle loved the desnsity of the tungsten he made, and its refractoriness, its great chemical stability.
- 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 8,
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