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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TALC

From Medieval Latin talcum, from Arabic talq mica, from Persian talk.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TALC

talc  [tælk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TALC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Talc is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb talc in English.

WHAT DOES TALC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

talc

Talc

Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg34 or Mg3Si4O102. In loose form, it is the widely used substance known as talcum powder. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, and in an exceptionally rare crystal form. It has a perfect basal cleavage, and the folia are non-elastic, although slightly flexible. It is the softest known mineral and listed as 1 on the Mohs hardness scale. It can be easily scratched by a fingernail. It is also sectile. It has a specific gravity of 2.5–2.8, a clear or dusty luster, and is translucent to opaque. Talc is not soluble in water, but it is slightly soluble in dilute mineral acids. Its colour ranges from white to grey or green and it has a distinctly greasy feel. Its streak is white. Soapstone is a metamorphic rock composed predominantly of talc.

Definition of talc in the English dictionary

The definition of talc in the dictionary is a white, grey, brown, or pale green mineral, found in metamorphic rocks. It is used in the manufacture of talcum powder and electrical insulators. Composition: hydrated magnesium silicate. Formula: Mg3Si4O102. Crystal structure: monoclinic. Other definition of talc is to apply talc to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TALC

PRESENT

Present
I talc
you talc
he/she/it talcs
we talc
you talc
they talc
Present continuous
I am talcing
you are talcing
he/she/it is talcing
we are talcing
you are talcing
they are talcing
Present perfect
I have talced
you have talced
he/she/it has talced
we have talced
you have talced
they have talced
Present perfect continuous
I have been talcing
you have been talcing
he/she/it has been talcing
we have been talcing
you have been talcing
they have been talcing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I talced
you talced
he/she/it talced
we talced
you talced
they talced
Past continuous
I was talcing
you were talcing
he/she/it was talcing
we were talcing
you were talcing
they were talcing
Past perfect
I had talced
you had talced
he/she/it had talced
we had talced
you had talced
they had talced
Past perfect continuous
I had been talcing
you had been talcing
he/she/it had been talcing
we had been talcing
you had been talcing
they had been talcing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will talc
you will talc
he/she/it will talc
we will talc
you will talc
they will talc
Future continuous
I will be talcing
you will be talcing
he/she/it will be talcing
we will be talcing
you will be talcing
they will be talcing
Future perfect
I will have talced
you will have talced
he/she/it will have talced
we will have talced
you will have talced
they will have talced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been talcing
you will have been talcing
he/she/it will have been talcing
we will have been talcing
you will have been talcing
they will have been talcing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would talc
you would talc
he/she/it would talc
we would talc
you would talc
they would talc
Conditional continuous
I would be talcing
you would be talcing
he/she/it would be talcing
we would be talcing
you would be talcing
they would be talcing
Conditional perfect
I would have talc
you would have talc
he/she/it would have talc
we would have talc
you would have talc
they would have talc
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been talcing
you would have been talcing
he/she/it would have been talcing
we would have been talcing
you would have been talcing
they would have been talcing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you talc
we let´s talc
you talc
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to talc
Past participle
talced
Present Participle
talcing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TALC


calque
kælk
catafalque
ˈkætəˌfælk
orichalc
ˈɒrɪˌkælk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TALC

talak
talapoin
talaq
talar
talaria
Talavera de la Reina
talayot
talbot
talbotype
Talca
Talcahuano
talcked
talcking
talcose
talcous
talcum
talcum powder
talcy
tale
talea

WORDS THAT END LIKE TALC

Imbolc
lc
Miskolc
plc

Synonyms and antonyms of talc in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «talc» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TALC

Find out the translation of talc to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of talc from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «talc» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滑石粉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

talco
570 millions of speakers

English

talc
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तालक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тальк
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

talco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভ্রক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

talc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Talc
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Talk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タルク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탈크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Talc
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoạt thạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பட்டுக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तालक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

talk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

talco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

talk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тальк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

talc
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τάλκη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

talk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

talk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

talkum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of talc

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TALC»

The term «talc» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.486 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TALC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «talc» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «talc» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about talc

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALC»

Discover the use of talc in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to talc and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Handbook
The so-called talc body is not really a clay body. Talc, steatite, and soapstone - all magnesium silicates of similar chemistry - are non-clay minerals which act much like clays in terms of plasticity, but which have low to no shrinkage and great ...
Susan Peterson, Jan Peterson, 2003
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Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
TALC MgjSi4Ow(OH)2 Composition: silicate Crystal system: monoclinic Hardness: 1 Specific gravity: 2.58-2.83 Streak: white Lustre: dull, pearly Named from the Arabic 'talq' meaning 'pure' or 'white', a reference to the colour of powdered talc.
Bruce Cairncross, 2004
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The Tourism Area Life Cycle
Examining the tourism area life cycle (TALC) system in depth, this book is divided into four sections: the foundations of the TALC, the TALC in heritage settings, local involvement and the TALC and rejuvenation.
Richard Butler, 2006
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Wood-Plastic Composites
size, and the higher the talc content (from 10 to 30% w/w) the lower the impact resistance, particle size itself was not a significant factor. On the contrary, finer talc particles increased flexural modulus of wood-flour (27.5% w/w) — filled ...
Anatole A. Klyosov, 2007
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The Tourism Area Life Cycle: Conceptual and theoretical issues
ROSLYN RUSSELL Introduction The Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model has, over the last 20 years, proved to be a valuable heuristic tool in understanding the development of tourist destinations. Like any good theoretical model it has ...
Richard Butler, 2006
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Froth Flotation: A Century of Innovation
The lack of surface polarization provides talc and pyrophyllite with natural floatability. Surfactant Adsorption. The faces of talc and pyrophyllite are naturally hydrophobic, as expected, based on their crystalline structure. However, the edges of ...
Maurice C. Fuerstenau, Graeme J. Jameson, Roe-Hoan Yoon, 2007
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Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry
TALC Talc is used in a wide variety of applications including ceramics, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, paints, plastics, paper, insecticides, roofing felt, rubber and others (Collings and Andrews, 1990). There is a relatively high demand for the ...
W. Petruk, 2000
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Industrial Minerals and Extractive Industry Geology: Based ...
Such a mineral assemblage in greenschist facies metamorphism would readily form talc-carbonate bearing assemblages. The mineral assemblage is tale- breunner- ite, dolomite and chlorite etc. Examples are (Figs 1 & 6) Barstad, Lalm and ...
P. W. Scott, Colin Malcolm Bristow, 2002
9
Air Pollution and Lung Disease in Adults
Philip Witorsch, Samuel V. Spagnolo. compared with unexposed individuals included cancers of the larynx, oropharynx. kidney, esophagus, and gall bladder/ bile duct.165 Talc Pneumoconiosis Introduction Talc is widely used in the ceramic, ...
Philip Witorsch, Samuel V. Spagnolo, 1994
10
Rock Forming Minerals 3B: Layered Silicates Excluding Micas ...
A minimum of 4.8 x l05 litres of water/m' of dolomite must be flushed through the system to mobilize sufficient SiO: to form talc; the production of talc was interpreted as a near-surface process (450°C. 2 kbar). Talc deposits in the Hwanggangri ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TALC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term talc is used in the context of the following news items.
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Asbestos In Toys And Crayons: What Parents Should Know
Beside the four crayons, the EWG Action Fund also found fibrous talc two other crayon samples. Talc, which is used as a binding agent for the crayons and the ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
2
Senate Dems press to ban talc from children's products
Senate Democrats are calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to ban talc from children's products after tests commissioned by the ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
3
FDA fails to protect consumers from cancer-causing talc.
As medical studies and lawsuits point to increasing sickness and death from asbestos-contaminated talc, the Food and Drug Administration says it lacks both ... «Cold Truth, Jun 15»
4
Plastics Set to Overtake Paper in Global Talc Market
The dynamics of the world talc industry are changing. New suppliers are entering the international marketplace and upsetting the status quo. For many years, the ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
5
Petition to Centralize Talc Cancer Lawsuits in NJ State Court
Courthouse According to the New Jersey court system, over 100 talc body powder lawsuits alleging cancer have been brought in the state. The product liability ... «Injury Lawyer News, Jun 15»
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Women are suing Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder
And many women use talc products daily, as well, for feminine hygiene and after ... women have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, arguing that talc in ... «PRI, May 15»
7
New Men's Body Talc a "Standout in Comfort, Scent" from Crown …
"We saw the need for a super-moisture-absorbing body talc that can keep a man feeling fresh and dry even on hot summer days," says Dino Caracciolo, Crown ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
8
Talc Powder Cancer Lawsuit - $13 Million Jury Verdict
Companies market talcum powder as free from asbestos, though there has been concern for some time that some mineral deposits of talc used in cosmetics ... «Injury Lawyer News, May 15»
9
Colgate-Palmolive Suffers Courtroom Loss in Asbestos-Talc Powder …
Colgate-Palmolive sold Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder from the late 1800s until 1995. Several lawsuits assert that, in decades past, Colgate got its talc from ... «FairWarning, Apr 15»
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Talc-Ovarian Cancer Link Sparks Growing Legal Battle
Talc powder might be a cause ovarian cancer–who knew? It turned out that some people did. Berg was stunned to learn that since the early 1980s, a slew of ... «FairWarning, Apr 15»

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