English Dictionary

talc

IPA（発音記号）

/tælk/

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞

(obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.

日本語の意味

鉱物：透明または輝く葉状の鉱物群を指し、現代では主に水和マグネシウムシリケート、すなわち「滑石」として知られる。 / その鉱物を材料とし、その特殊な性質（滑りやすさなど）を活かして作られた製品を意味する場合もある。

Medieval craftsmen used talc—thin sheets of mica, selenite, or the soft hydrated magnesium silicate—to glaze small windows and protect manuscripts.

中世の職人たちは、薄い雲母やセレナイト、あるいは柔らかい水和マグネシウムケイ酸塩でできた滑石の板を小窓のはめ込みや写本の保護に用いた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.

M. [Antonie van] Leeuwenhoek fixed his objects, if they were ſolid, to the foregoing point with glue; if they were fluid, he fitted them on a little plate of talc, or exceeding thin blown glaſs, which he afterwards glued to the needle, in the ſame manner as his other objects.

意味（3）

A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.

With this background and experience we feel justified in stating that not all talcs contain, or are associated with, asbestos.

意味（4）

Talcum powder.

talcs （ plural ）