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PRONUNCIATION OF XYLONITE

xylonite  [ˈzaɪləˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF XYLONITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Xylonite is 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.

WHAT DOES XYLONITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

xylonite

Celluloid

Celluloids are a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, with added dyes and other agents. Generally considered the first thermoplastic, it was first created as Parkesine in 1856 and as Xylonite in 1869, before being registered as Celluloid in 1870. Celluloid is easily molded and shaped, and it was first widely used as an ivory replacement. The main purpose was movie and photography film industries, that used only celluloid films prior to acetate films that were introduced in the fifties. Celluloid is highly flammable, difficult and expensive to produce and is no longer widely used. Its most common uses today are in table tennis balls, musical instruments and guitar picks.

Definition of xylonite in the English dictionary

The definition of xylonite in the dictionary is a type of plastic or celluloid that resembles amber, coral, or tortoise shell and is used in jewellery, combs, or other objects.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH XYLONITE


aconite
ˈækəˌnaɪt
allanite
ˈæləˌnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
austenite
ˈɔːstəˌnaɪt
bentonite
ˈbɛntəˌnaɪt
ceylonite
ˈsɪləˌnaɪt
cyclonite
ˈsaɪkləˌnaɪt
gehlenite
ˈɡeɪləˌnaɪt
hessonite
ˈhɛsəˌnaɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
limonite
ˈlaɪməˌnaɪt
melanite
ˈmɛləˌnaɪt
Mennonite
ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
montmorillonite
ˌmɒntməˈrɪləˌnaɪt
mylonite
ˈmaɪləˌnaɪt
porcellanite
ˈpɔːsələˌnaɪt
suburbanite
səˈbɜːbəˌnaɪt
taconite
ˈtækəˌnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
wollastonite
ˈwʊləstəˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE XYLONITE

xylographic
xylographical
xylography
xyloid
xyloidin
xylol
xylology
xyloma
xylometer
xylonic
xylophagan
xylophage
xylophagous
xylophilous
xylophone
xylophonic
xylophonist
xylopyrography
xylorimba
xylose

WORDS THAT END LIKE XYLONITE

amazonite
ammonite
antimonite
aragonite
arfvedsonite
arsonite
cummingtonite
dithionite
ebonite
erionite
Gilsonite
glauconite
infinite
Maronite
melaconite
monzonite
rhodonite
saponite
smithsonite
tonite
winter aconite

Synonyms and antonyms of xylonite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «xylonite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF XYLONITE

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

Translator English - Chinese

xylonite
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Xylonite
570 millions of speakers

English

xylonite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

xylonite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زايلونيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

xylonite
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Xylonite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেলুলয়েড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

xylonite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Xylonite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Xylonite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

xylonite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

xylonite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Xylonite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xylonite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

xylonite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्युलोनायट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

selüloit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

xylonite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

xylonite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

xylonite
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

xylonite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

xylonite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

celluloid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Xylonite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

xylonite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of xylonite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «XYLONITE»

The term «xylonite» is normally little used and occupies the 147.987 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «XYLONITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «xylonite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «xylonite» 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 xylonite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XYLONITE»

Discover the use of xylonite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to xylonite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Victorian Fashion Accessories
Catalogue of Articles Manufactured from Xylonite and Other Plastics by the British Xylonite Company Limited. Hasell: Watson and Viney, 1936. British Xylonite Company. Catalogue of Xylonite Articles. London: Gale and Polden, 1931.
Ariel Beaujot, 2013
2
Personal Growth Thru Adventure
The Xylonite stood there moored up alongside her sister ships looking every part the traditional sailing barge. As the students stepped out of the mini-bus they eagerly enquired as to which sailing barge was ours. Once pointed out, they stood ...
David Hopkins, Roger Putnam, 2013
3
National Directory of Commodity Specifications: Classified ...
Specification 26-40A; 1938. Straightedge; Steel, Graduated In Yards, 1:20,000. U. S. Gov., U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers. Specification 29-41; 1937. Protractor; Xylonite, Semicircular, 12 and 16 Inches, Graduated In Mils and Yards l: 20, 000.
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Paul A. Cooley, Ann Elizabeth Rapuzzi, 1945
4
The Chinese Takeaway
The Xylonite would make the call twice and then a reply was to be made by whomever was on watch at the time to acknowledge receipt. If there were no reply, a further attempt would be made between 15 and 20 minutes later. It would seem ...
Richard John, 2005
5
Plastics Materials
Daniel Spill, formed the Xylonite Company to process materials similar to Parkesine. Once again economic failure resulted and the Company was wound up in December 1874. Undaunted, Spill moved to a new site, established the Daniel ...
J. A. Brydson, 1999
6
British Petroleum and Global Oil 1950-1975: The Challenge of ...
For example, in the 1950s British Xylonite (before it became part of Bakelite Xylonite) was unhappy that Distillers was developing a competing interest in British Resin Products.92 When Distillers acquired 100 per cent ownership of British ...
James Bamberg, 2000
7
New Scientist
Rival firms point to a plastics revolution Concorde engine makes sparks fly Bell rings the changes of battery design Paint brush spells. A Bakelite Xylonite polyethylene plant — how long before it's obsolete? The plastics manufacturing industry ...
8
From Calculus to Computers: Using the Last 200 Years of ...
8] In its 1 909 catalog, the Keuffel and Esser company sold xylonite (an early plastic made of cellulose nitrate) semicircular protractors in a range from 45 cents for a five-inch semicircular protractor to $5.50 for a model with a ten-inch diameter ...
Amy Shell-Gellasch, Dick Jardine, 2005
9
A manual of photo- elasticity for engineers.
In the case of xylonite, no such simple relation exists between r, s and the stress, and the effects of creep are beyond calculation in practice. All that can be done is to minimise them. As it happens, although the law connecting rx , s1 for xylonite ...
10
Handbook of Management Accounting Research
Ltd., Albright & Wilson Ltd. and British Xylonite Co. Ltd. (Boyns et al., 2004). Indeed, within some quarters of the chemical industry there was dissatisfaction with the impact of government intervention. C.F. Chance, in a series of lectures to the ...
Christopher S. Chapman, Anthony G. Hopwood, Michael D. Shields, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «XYLONITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term xylonite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ein Meininger spielt zum Töpfemarktfest auf
Seine erste Band, in der er mitspielte, war "Xylonite ivy", Rock und Metal gehörte zu deren Markenzeichen. "Wir hatten viele Auftritte in Erfurt und in Weimar zum ... «inSüdthüringen.de, Jul 15»
2
Retro: Sheffield buffer girls were 'diamonds in brown paper'
“There were three departments – the cutlers on the ground floor where xylonite handles were put on the blades. “These went up to the warehouse on the next ... «The Star, Jun 15»
3
Arthur didn't have far to travel home - Leicester City historian John …
Surviving a disastrous fire in the 1920s, the company, in association with another business called British Xylonite, moved into the large newly-built Cascelloid ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 14»
4
Irish Artist's Underwater Bermuda Drawings
He proposed that Mr. Gibbings should try drawing on sheets of xylonite, a waterproof celluloid-like substance which, when roughened with sandpaper, would ... «Bernews, Jun 13»
5
Margaret Thatcher: Formula for an Iron Lady
Nonetheless, two jobs in science followed university: first at the Essex-based plastics company British Xylonite (where she briefly joined a union) and then at J ... «Evening Standard, Apr 13»
6
Margaret Thatcher, the Scientist
After graduating, Thatcher (despite her budding political ambitions) chose to take the corporate shilling, and became a glue scientist for British Xylonite (BX) ... «Gizmodo UK, Apr 13»
7
撒切尔夫人-Margaret Thatcher-从化学家到英国首相精选
从牛津毕业后不久,撒切尔夫人的第一份工作是在英国Xylonite Plastics 公司从事工业试剂师的工作。甚至有传闻说撒切尔夫人在冰激凌的发明制作中也曾有过一定的 ... «科学时报, Apr 13»
8
How Thatcher The Chemist Helped Make Thatcher The Politician
In the years after, Thatcher worked as an industrial chemist at British Xylonite Plastics and at Lyons, with a probably apocryphal story circulating that she helped ... «Popular Science, Apr 13»
9
Margaret Thatcher: timeline - October 13 1925 to April 8 2013
1947 Starts her first job as a researcher for British Xylonite at Manningtree, Essex. Feb 1949 Selected as Tory candidate for the formerly safe Labour seat of ... «The Times, Apr 13»
10
"Wpierw trzeba wymagać wiele od siebie, a dopiero potem …
Po studiach, które ukończyła z drugim wynikiem na roku, rozpoczęła pracę w firmie British Xylonite jako chemik doświadczalny. Następnie przeszła do ... «TVN24, Apr 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Xylonite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/xylonite>. Apr 2024 ».
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