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webster definition of corundum
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sst@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 10 03:14:16 1990
From: sst@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 90 03:13:55 -0400
To: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: sst@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
athena% webster corundum
co.run.dum \k*-'r*n-d*m\ n [Tamil kuruntam, fr. Skt kuruvinda ruby] : a
very hard mineral Al2O3 that consists of aluminum oxide occurring massive
and as variously colored crystals which include the ruby and sapphire, that
can be synthesized, and that is used as an abrasive (hardness 9, sp. gr.
3.95-4.10)
'occurring massive'? I understand the meaning, but the phrase is
nonstandard. Might there be a word or two missing?
Susan S.D. Tucker
