porcelain

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.

   “Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.”

2. isim Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.

   “He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.”

3. isim Synonym of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.

   “[...] that earthen or pliable matter commonly called porcellan, which is pure white,... wherof vessels of all kinds are very curiously framed...”

4. isim An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.

   “The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.”

5. isim Synonym of cowrie.

   “In the kingdomes of Caiacan and Carazan, certaine sea shels are currant, which some men terme Porcelline.”

6. isim Synonym of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.

   “We mett severall gangs of men to our greatest disadvantage, ffor we weare forced to sing, and those that came to see us gave porcelaine to those that most did us injury.”

7. isim A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.

   “Those pretty spangled Toys [...] known by various names, as Porcelains, Hyacinths, Ermines, &c.”

8. isim The set of Git commands, such as {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|git commit|inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} or {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|git checkout|inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}}, which control the high-level state of the repository, each typically combining the behaviour of multiple plumbing commands.

   “Coordinate term: plumbing”

9. fiil To coat with a porcelain enamel.