- cement substance
- cementing substance material which serves to hold together the different components of a tissue, as the intercellular substance in endothelium or the interprismatic substance in tooth enamel.
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cement substance
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cement substance — noun 1. : the intercellular substance in certain tissues (as endothelium) 2. : the substance binding together the enamel rods in the teeth … Useful english dictionary
cément — [ semɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1573; lat. cæmentum « moellon » 1 ♦ Techn. Substance qui, chauffée au contact d un métal, diffuse certains de ses éléments plus ou moins profondément dans le métal. Cément solide, gazeux. 2 ♦ (1805) Anat. Revêtement de nature… … Encyclopédie Universelle
cement — [sə ment′] n. [ME & OFr ciment < L caementum, rough stone, chippings < * caedimentum < caedere, to cut down: see CIDE] 1. a) a powdered substance made of burned lime and clay, mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand … English World dictionary
Cement — Cément Le cément (du lat. caementum ; moellon) est un matériaux qui donne de la cohésion à divers éléments. Sommaire 1 En biologie 2 En médecine et dentisterie 3 Dans le domaine de la chimie 4 … Wikipédia en Français
Cement (disambiguation) — Cement may refer to:*Cement, a material for bonding stone or brick *Modelling Cement is a glue used in modelling which works by polymerizing the two plastic parts thanks to Butanone *Cement (novel), a 1925 Soviet novel by Fyodor Gladkov *Cement… … Wikipedia
Cement — Ce*ment (s[e^]*m[e^]nt or s[e^]m [e^]nt), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cement — ► NOUN 1) a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, used in making mortar and concrete. 2) a soft glue that hardens on setting. ► VERB 1) fix with cement. 2) establish or strengthen: the occasion cemented our friendship. DERIVATIVES… … English terms dictionary
Cement — In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The name cement goes back to the Romans who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry… … Wikipedia
cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… … Universalium
cement — n. & v. n. 1 a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, mixed with water to form mortar or used in concrete (see also Portland cement). 2 any similar substance that hardens and fastens on setting. 3 a uniting factor or principle. 4 a… … Useful english dictionary
