Oct 16, 2010 03:52
14 yrs ago
French term
amiantes
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
What would be the plural of asbestos?
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | types of asbestos or asbestos minerals | Carl Stoll |
4 +1 | Asbestos | Subbanna |
4 | asbestos minerals | wfarkas (X) |
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types of asbestos or asbestos minerals
That's the only meaning I can attribute to it. I believe asbestos crystallises in different forms, forming different minerals.
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Asbestos
singular/Plural same.There are various types o Asbestos, comes in many forms depending on its origin
1 day 1 hr
asbestos minerals
There is six of them:
actinolite
amosite (brown asbestos)
anthophyllite
crocidolite (blue asbestos)
chrysotile (white asbestos)
tremolite
actinolite
amosite (brown asbestos)
anthophyllite
crocidolite (blue asbestos)
chrysotile (white asbestos)
tremolite
Discussion
fyi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
Definition of ASBESTOSIS
: a pneumoconiosis due to asbestos particles that is marked by thickening and scarring of lung tissue
First Known Use of ASBESTOSIS
1927
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asbestosis
Now, "asbestosis" is the egg in the chicken-and-the-egg relationship with "asbestos". So how come the egg got in first to bag the plural?
Proof, I guess, that the egg came first.