Look up: firing


  1. Firing
    [disambiguation] Firing most commonly refers to the involuntary termination of employment. Firing may also refer to: ==Operation== == Material == ==Media== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firing_(disambiguation)

  2. Firing
    a high-temperature heat treatment that increases the density and strength of a ceramic piece.
    Found op http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book/glossary.html

  3. Firing
    The process which changes clay into ceramic. Up to 600°C the chemically bonded water in Clay is driven off. This irreversibly changes the chemistry of the clay into pottery.
    Found op http://www.kilnworks.co.uk/glossary.php

  4. Firing
    A process of applying heat to pottery or sculpture in a kiln or open fire.
    Found op http://www.redraggallery.co.uk/art-glossary.html

  5. Firing
    A high-temperature heat treatment that increases the density and strength of a ceramic piece. See also: Ceramic, Heat Treatment.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/f/i/firing/source.html

  6. firing
    In ceramics, the process that `bakes` the pottery clay hard, and fixes colours and glazes to pottery surfaces. The pottery is fired in a kiln, an ovenlike enclosure where the pieces undergo...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  7. Firing
    a high-temperature heat treatment that increases the density and strength of a ceramic piece.
    Found op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/756-Firing

  8. Firing
    the process of changing dried mud into an approximation of stone by heating to extreme temperatures in a kiln. See brick.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  9. firing
    The process of baking ceramics in a kiln. An initial or biscuit firing causes a chemical change to take place in the clay paste, binding the particles to form a hard, rock-like body. Firing temperatures vary for different ceramics: up to 800°C (1450°F) for earthenware; 1200-1450°C (2200-2650°F) ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  10. Firing
    Fir'ing noun 1. The act of discharging firearms. 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. 4. The process of partly...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/33

  11. firing
    1. The act of disharging firearms. ... 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. ... 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. ... 4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln. ... 5. Fuel; firewood or coal. Firing iron, an instrument...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?firing

  12. Firing
    • (n.) The application of fire, or of a cautery. • (n.) The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln. • (n.) The act of disharging firearms. • (n.) The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. • (n.) Fuel; firewood or coa...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/firing/



  1. firing
    (from the article `brick and tile`) Bricks are fired and cooled in a kiln, an oven-type chamber capable of producing temperatures of 870° to 1,100° C (1,600° to more than 2,000° F), ... Later, about 3000 in Mesopotamia, the first fired bricks appeared. Ceramic pottery had been developing in thes...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/28

  2. firing
    1. the act of discharging a gun
    2. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
    3. cause to go off
    4. Bake in a kiln
    5. terminate the employment of
    6. go off or discharge
    7. call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses
    8. provide with fuel

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  3. firing
    ionization of the blocking tube caused by incident radio frequency power
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=531-46-37

  4. firing
    the establishment of current in the conducting direction in a latching valve device or an arm consisting of such devices
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=551-16-62

  5. firing
    the establishment of current in the conducting direction in a controllable valve or arm by control action
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=811-28-30

  6. Firing
    The process of rapidly heating the tea leaves, with hot air or in a wok, to stop fermentation and dry the leaves for a finished product.
    Found op http://www.hungrymonster.com/Foodfacts/Tea_Glossary.cfm

  7. firing
    firing, process of treating clay or other plastic ceramic materials with heat to produce a hard, durable but brittle material such as pottery. Primitive potters baked their clay in an open fire, but for firing at higher temperatures and for the use of glaze, a kiln is needed. In general, pottery is ...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0818746.html

  8. firing
    In ceramics, the process that `bakes` the pottery clay hard, and fixes colours and glazes to pottery surfaces. The pottery is fired in a kiln, an ovenlike enclosure where the pieces undergo intense heating
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0097200.html

  9. firing
    The process of baking ceramics in a kiln. An initial or biscuit firing causes a chemical change to take place in the clay paste, binding the particles to form a hard, rock-like body. Firing temperatures vary for different ceramics: up to 800°C (1450°F) for earthenware; 1200-1450°C (2200-2650°F) ...
    Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-f.html

  10. Firing
    Betting a large amount of money.
    Found op http://www.gamblingplanet.org/Gambling-Glossary-F

  11. FIRING
    Heating pottery or sculpture in a kiln or open fire to bring the clay to maturity. The temperature needed to mature the clay varies with the type of body used. Also, heating glazed ware to the necessary point to cause the glaze to mature.
    Found op http://www.modernsculpture.com/glossary.htm

  12. firing
    the process of rapidly heating the leaf, either with hot air or in a wok, to quickly halt fermentation and dry the leaf to its final product.
    Found op http://www.tealand.com/Glossary.htm

  13. Firing
    = July 27 = == Reckoning age from baptism == I removed the unreferenced claim from Childbirth that "Historically, in Europe age was once counted from baptism." It seems that baptism certificates can be a useful source for determining birth date when there is no birth certificate, but I get the impr...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firing

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