What's the difference between spinel and spinet?

Spinel


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Spinelle
  • (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Disk-shaped implants of spinel, alumina, mullite, zircon, a cast Co-Cr-Mo alloy, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), were implanted in the paraspinalis muscle of 12 adult, male, white New Zealand rabbits.
  • (2) The three major mineralogical matrices identified in fly ash are glass, mullite-quartz, and magnetic spinel.
  • (3) The intent of this project was to evaluate the susceptibility of a magnesia alumina spinel (Cerestore) to stress corrosion and degradation.
  • (4) ), followed by a grain growth of alpha-iron and finally the growth of the spinel, MgFe2O4.
  • (5) This study indicates that distilled water has a significant degradative effect on a magnesia alumina spinel, more likely affecting the mode of fracture rather than the stress corrosion characteristics.
  • (6) The oxides from the alloys not containing Be are corundum type Cr2O3 and spinel type NiCr2O4.
  • (7) This material has the following properties: chemical composition, 97% Al2O3, 2.5% MgO, and 0.5% CaO; mineral composition, alpha-Al2O3 corundum, MgAl2O4 spinel; open porosity, 70-80%; pore diameter, more than 90% of pores between 100 and 800 microns; bending strength, approximately 15 MPa.

Spinet


Definition:

  • (n.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used.
  • (n.) A spinny.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nicky's husband Chris is making a spinet at the moment, which is a little like a harpsichord, so we talked about how that was going.

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