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Meaning of belite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An industrial mineral made up of primarily of dicalcium silicate.

uncountable

Equivalents

Bosanski belite
Français bélite
Hrvatski belite
Српски belite

Examples

“After heating in the kiln, the melted material is cooled rapidly to form an assemblage of the silicates alite (also known by the cement chemistry notation C3S) and belite (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A) and tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF), known as clinker.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

belittle Belittled Belittlement Belittler Belittles Belittling

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