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Meaning of perlite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian.
  2. The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.

Equivalents

Suomi perliitti
Français perlite
Bahasa Indonesia perlit

Examples

“Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]”

CEFR level

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

Perlman Perlman syndrome Perlmutter perlocution perlodid perloffite

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