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ceramic

American  
[suh-ram-ik] / səˈræm ɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to products made from clay and similar materials, as pottery and brick, or to their manufacture.

    ceramic art.

noun

  1. ceramic material.

ceramic British  
/ sɪˈræmɪk /

noun

  1. a hard brittle material made by firing clay and similar substances

  2. an object made from such a material

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or made from a ceramic

    this vase is ceramic

  2. of or relating to ceramics

    ceramic arts and crafts
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
ceramic Scientific  
/ sə-răm′ĭk /

  1. Any of various hard, brittle, heat- and corrosion-resistant materials made typically of metallic elements combined with oxygen or with carbon, nitrogen, or sulfur. Most ceramics are crystalline and are poor conductors of electricity, though some recently discovered copper-oxide ceramics are superconductors at low temperatures.

Etymology

Origin of ceramic

1840–50; variant of keramic < Greek keramikós, equivalent to kéram ( os ) potters' clay + -ikos -ic

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The two events offered some of the most captivating work in recent memory, from paintings that integrate AI to head-spinning ceramic sculptures.

From The Wall Street Journal

The two events offered some of the most captivating work in recent memory, from paintings that integrate AI to head-spinning ceramic sculptures.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Sherman long worked as a teacher of practical ceramics, but in retirement has committed himself to creating his own fine art and has only just begun to be exhibited.

From The Wall Street Journal

Finley’s piece arranges ceramic vessels inside shadow-box shelving that the artist describes as containers for memory — some “you love to take out and peek into,” others that “should just stay shut forever.”

From Los Angeles Times

Archaeologists have discovered a tomb more than a thousand years old in Panama containing human remains alongside gold and ceramic artifacts, the lead researcher told AFP on Friday.

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