ALUMINA

alumina, aluminum oxide, aluminium oxide

(noun) any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

alumina (countable and uncountable, plural aluminas)

Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics.

Anagrams

• alumian

Source: Wiktionary

A*lu"mi*na, n. Etym: [L. alumen, aluminis. See Alum.] (Chem.)

Definition: One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

Note: It is the oxide of the metal aluminium, the base of aluminous salts, a constituent of a large part of the earthy siliceous minerals, as the feldspars, micas, scapolites, etc., and the characterizing ingredient of common clay, in which it exists as an impure silicate with water, resulting from the decomposition of other aluminous minerals. In its natural state, it is the mineral corundum.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition