MICA
\mˈa͡ɪkə], \mˈaɪkə], \m_ˈaɪ_k_ə]\
Definitions of MICA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
By Princeton University
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any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A mineral easily separated into thin, transparent plates which are used in lanterns, stove doors, etc., and popularly called isinglass.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A mineral that cleaves in thin, tough, transparent to translucent scales; isinglass.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A glittering mineral, cleavable into elastic plates of extreme thinness, and sometimes used for glass.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A mineral having a metallic lustre, and divisible into thin glistening plates or scales, used as glass; called also Muscovy glass.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
