Talc

Quick meaning: Talc is a noun meaning Talcum powder.

Meaning

Talcum powder.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To apply talc to.
2. A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
3. (obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
4. (obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Medieval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.

Example Sentences

Micronized talcs and, to an even higher degree, submicrometer talcs significantly influence the processing parameters.

With this background and experience we feel justified in stating that not all talcs contain, or are associated with, asbestos.

The abeer is often mixed with powdered talc to make it glitter, and then, if it gets into the eyes, it causes a good deal of pain.

Then he talced his hands, slipped on a new pair of rubber gloves, went to the shapeless thing at the other end of the table, and began to work.

Word Forms

• talcs
• talcing
• talced

Synonyms for talc

Depending on context, synonyms include talcum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include talcum, schist, soapstone, powder, ltd, agalite.

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