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pumice
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pumice
A light vesicular form of volcanic glass with a high silica content; it is usually light in color and will float on water.
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pumice
[n] - a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=pumice
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Pumice
A light porous stone of mixed silicates. Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/p/u/pumice/source.html
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Pumice
Pum'ice noun [ Latin pumex , pumicis , probably akin to spuma foam: confer Anglo-Saxon pumic- stān. Confer Pounce a powder, Spume .] (Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/194
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pumice
<chemical> A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray colour, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, especially. In the form of... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?pumice
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pumice
pumice stone noun a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pumice
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pumice
(pum´is) a substance consisting of silicates of aluminum, potassium, and sodium; used in dentistry as an abrasive. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Pumice
• (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for ... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pumice/
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pumice
a very porous, frothlike volcanic glass that has long been used as an abrasive in cleaning, polishing, and scouring compounds. It is also employed as ... [2 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/132
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Pumice
Pumice s is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. It can be formed when lava and water are mixed. This unusual formation is due to the simultaneous actions of rapid cooli... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice
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pumice
Dacitic pumice fragments erupted by Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, during an enormous eruption on 15 June 1991. Credit: W. E. Scott / U.S. Geological Survey A light, porous volcanic rock that forms during explosive eruptions. It resembles a sponge because it consists of a network of gas bubbles f... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/pumice.html
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pumice
pumice (pŭm'is) , volcanic glass formed by the solidification of lava that is permeated with gas bubbles. Usually found at the surface of a lava flow, it is colorless or light gray and has the general appearance of a rock froth. The viscosity of the lava, the quantity of water vapor and ga... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0840515.html
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Pumice
Pumice is a light igneous volcanic rock used as a scourer, abrasive, polisher and in the manufacture of soundproofing tiles. Pumice can occur in any type of lava, but is more common in rhyolite and trachyte than in basalt. Pumice is formed from molten lava that cools so quickly that it doesn't have ... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/HP.HTM
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pumice
Type: Term Pronunciation: pŭm′is Definitions: 1. Volcanic cinders ground to particles of varying sizes; used in dentistry for polishing restorations or teeth; an abrasive. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=74082
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pumice
Light volcanic rock produced by the frothing action of expanding gases during the solidification of lava. It has the texture of a hard sponge and is used as an abrasive Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0015292.html
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Pumice
A light and porous lava. Used in solid and powdered form as an abrasive. Found op http://www.ccnphawaii.com/glossary-p.htm
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Pumice
Light-colored, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas in erupting lava. Commonly seen as lumps or fragments of pea-size and larger, but can also occur abundantly as ash-sized particles. Found op http://midju.tripod.com/glossary.html
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pumice
a light, porous volcanic rock that forms during explosive eruptions; all types of magma form pumice Found op http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/volcano/glossary.html
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Pumice
Light-colored, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas in erupting lava. Commonly seen as lumps or fragments of pea-size and larger, but can also occur abundantly as ash-sized particles. Found op http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/glossary.html
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pumice
1) Abrasive material 2) Abrasive stuff 3) An abrasive 4) Common exfoliant ingredient 5) Pumice stone 6) Rock 7) Stone 8) Stone used by pedicurists 9) Stonelike abrasive 10) Volcanic rock Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/pumice/1
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