Толковый словарь английского языка - asbestos
Asbestos
asbestos
noun Etymology: Middle English albeston mineral supposed to be inextinguishable when set on fire, probably from Middle French abeston, from Medieval Latin asbeston, alteration of Latin ~, from Greek, unslaked lime, from ~ inextinguishable, from a+ sbennynai to quench Date: 1607 any of several minerals (as chrysotile) that readily separate into long flexible fibers, that cause ~is and have been implicated as causes of certain cancers, and that have been used especially formerly as fireproof insulating materials
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n. 1 a fibrous silicate mineral that is incombustible. 2 this used as a heat-resistant or insulating material. Derivatives asbestine adj. Etymology: ME f. OF albeston, ult. f. Gk asbestos unquenchable f. a- not + sbestos f. sbennumi quench ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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