Ceramic
noun
A hard material made by heating clay. It is used for making things like pots, plates and tiles.
The ancient Greeks made beautiful ceramics
Often appears as...
- ceramic pots
- ceramic tiles
adjective
Describes something that is made of ceramic.
She bought a set of ceramic plates for her new kitchen
Often appears as...
- ceramic bowl
- ceramic vase
noun
A hard material made by heating clay. It is used for making things like pots, plates and tiles.
The ancient Greeks made beautiful ceramics
Often appears as...
- ceramic pots
- ceramic tiles
adjective
Describes something that is made of ceramic.
She bought a set of ceramic plates for her new kitchen
Often appears as...
- ceramic bowl
- ceramic vase
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Durability Focus
Point out that 'ceramic' often implies longevity and sturdiness in its objects.
Ceramic cookware can last for generations.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Quality
Mention 'ceramic' to highlight artistic or aesthetic value in pottery and sculpture.
The museum displays ancient ceramics with intricate designs.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Resistance
Emphasize 'ceramic' for items that resist high temperatures, such as cookware and tiles.
Ceramic insulation is effective against extreme heat.
Pro Tip 1/3Durability Focus
Point out that 'ceramic' often implies longevity and sturdiness in its objects.
Ceramic cookware can last for generations.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Quality
Mention 'ceramic' to highlight artistic or aesthetic value in pottery and sculpture.
The museum displays ancient ceramics with intricate designs.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Resistance
Emphasize 'ceramic' for items that resist high temperatures, such as cookware and tiles.
Ceramic insulation is effective against extreme heat.
Pro Tip 1/3Durability Focus
Point out that 'ceramic' often implies longevity and sturdiness in its objects.
Ceramic cookware can last for generations.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Quality
Mention 'ceramic' to highlight artistic or aesthetic value in pottery and sculpture.
The museum displays ancient ceramics with intricate designs.
Pro Tip 3/3Heat Resistance
Emphasize 'ceramic' for items that resist high temperatures, such as cookware and tiles.
Ceramic insulation is effective against extreme heat.
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Video examples
Taylor Wilson: My...
and inside them are uranium dioxide fuel pellets. Well, uranium dioxide's a ceramic, and ceramic doesn't like releasing what's inside of it. So you have what's called the xenon pit, and so some of these fission products love neutrons. They love the neutrons that are going on and helping this reaction take place.
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Built Cup Tough PIPE Duck...
picture if you will for ceramic coffee mugs the car come on got it kind of coffee knows you find anywhere right they can actually support the weight of a two and a half ton truck watch just on the coffee mugs what do you think about that I think it's pretty cool I'm not
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
This ceramic disc is a superconductor and it demonstrates a strange scientific principle that, to be honest, is not fully understood. Ooh! Yes, please. When a superconductor is placed above a strong magnet, it locks into the magnetic field and levitates.
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Michael Moschen:...
with all sorts of great designs. I love ceramics and all of that. It's a combination of that, the beauty of that, the shape, and the stories that were involved in it, as well as the fact that they protected the contents.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
few weeks a tough tough ceramic is created we use a lot of high heats a lot of pressure chemicals that's why we need razor-wire life is additive this term additive manufacturing life builds to shape we
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How to create meaningful...
what is the purpose of this class and I use the example of my my mother-in-law who's an educator and she's a ceramics teacher she she so she teaches in a form that is deeply physical right and you
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Building the Seed...
there on smallest scale at the scale of an earring or a ceramic pot or a musical instrument was a materiality and a soulfulness and this influenced me the first building I built was 20 years ago
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Chimú 101 PIPE National...
They also created ceramics that were distinctly Chimu and often reflected aspects of their coastal lifestyle, such as fish, otters, and sea birds. Despite advancements in art and engineering,
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Thomas Heatherwick:...
And there on the smaller scale, the scale of an earring or a ceramic pot or a musical instrument, was a materiality and a soulfulness. And this influenced me.
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Using Fire to Make Tools...
my next step is to raise this temperature slowly in these pots until they're at the point that they're fired and they've turned to ceramic once these
Video examples
Taylor Wilson: My...
and inside them are uranium dioxide fuel pellets. Well, uranium dioxide's a ceramic, and ceramic doesn't like releasing what's inside of it. So you have what's called the xenon pit, and so some of these fission products love neutrons. They love the neutrons that are going on and helping this reaction take place.
Video examples
Built Cup Tough PIPE Duck...
picture if you will for ceramic coffee mugs the car come on got it kind of coffee knows you find anywhere right they can actually support the weight of a two and a half ton truck watch just on the coffee mugs what do you think about that I think it's pretty cool I'm not
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
This ceramic disc is a superconductor and it demonstrates a strange scientific principle that, to be honest, is not fully understood. Ooh! Yes, please. When a superconductor is placed above a strong magnet, it locks into the magnetic field and levitates.
Video examples
Michael Moschen:...
with all sorts of great designs. I love ceramics and all of that. It's a combination of that, the beauty of that, the shape, and the stories that were involved in it, as well as the fact that they protected the contents.
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
few weeks a tough tough ceramic is created we use a lot of high heats a lot of pressure chemicals that's why we need razor-wire life is additive this term additive manufacturing life builds to shape we
Video examples
How to create meaningful...
what is the purpose of this class and I use the example of my my mother-in-law who's an educator and she's a ceramics teacher she she so she teaches in a form that is deeply physical right and you
Video examples
Building the Seed...
there on smallest scale at the scale of an earring or a ceramic pot or a musical instrument was a materiality and a soulfulness and this influenced me the first building I built was 20 years ago
Video examples
Chimú 101 PIPE National...
They also created ceramics that were distinctly Chimu and often reflected aspects of their coastal lifestyle, such as fish, otters, and sea birds. Despite advancements in art and engineering,
Video examples
Thomas Heatherwick:...
And there on the smaller scale, the scale of an earring or a ceramic pot or a musical instrument, was a materiality and a soulfulness. And this influenced me.
Video examples
Using Fire to Make Tools...
my next step is to raise this temperature slowly in these pots until they're at the point that they're fired and they've turned to ceramic once these
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Quote examples
Neri Oxman
American Architect
Nature is a brilliant engineer and builder. It knows how to create seashells that are twice as strong as the most resistant ceramics human beings can manufacture, and it produces silk fibers five times stronger than steel. Nature also knows how to create multipurpose forms.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
In those rare cases in which you have a dull knife and cooking to do, but no ceramic in sight, the top edge of a rolled-down car window will work just as well. Even a smooth stone or slab of concrete outside can work in a pinch.
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Steven Klein
American Photographer
There was a mental institution near my house, and I would donate time teaching mentally ill patients how to do ceramics. I photographed them as well. So those were my first pictures.
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Jonathan Anderson
Irish Designer
I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does.
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Michael Moschen
American Entertainer
I was learning things in school rather than learning how to teach myself, which is what you have to do in life, so I just abandoned it and did ceramics for a year and a half.
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Nikki Reed
American Actress
Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.
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Sam Palladio
British Actor
My dad is a sculptor and a painter, and mum runs an art gallery, which sells beautiful jewelry and ceramics and paintings - local and international.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities.
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Kevin Kwan
Singaporean Novelist
I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock.
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
I do a lot of ceramics.
Quote examples
Neri Oxman
American Architect
Nature is a brilliant engineer and builder. It knows how to create seashells that are twice as strong as the most resistant ceramics human beings can manufacture, and it produces silk fibers five times stronger than steel. Nature also knows how to create multipurpose forms.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
In those rare cases in which you have a dull knife and cooking to do, but no ceramic in sight, the top edge of a rolled-down car window will work just as well. Even a smooth stone or slab of concrete outside can work in a pinch.
Quote examples
Steven Klein
American Photographer
There was a mental institution near my house, and I would donate time teaching mentally ill patients how to do ceramics. I photographed them as well. So those were my first pictures.
Quote examples
Jonathan Anderson
Irish Designer
I read up a lot about ceramics and collect them, but when you make something, it's very difficult to like it. I quite like appreciating and supporting what someone else does.
Quote examples
Michael Moschen
American Entertainer
I was learning things in school rather than learning how to teach myself, which is what you have to do in life, so I just abandoned it and did ceramics for a year and a half.
Quote examples
Nikki Reed
American Actress
Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.
Quote examples
Sam Palladio
British Actor
My dad is a sculptor and a painter, and mum runs an art gallery, which sells beautiful jewelry and ceramics and paintings - local and international.
Quote examples
Stephen Kinzer
American Author
Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities.
Quote examples
Kevin Kwan
Singaporean Novelist
I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock.
Quote examples
Jeff Bridges
American Actor
I do a lot of ceramics.
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