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COMPOSITE MATERIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does composite material mean?
• COMPOSITE MATERIAL (noun)
The noun COMPOSITE MATERIAL has 1 sense:
1. strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically
Familiarity information: COMPOSITE MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("composite material" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Context examples
A strip of paper or other composite material that is coated or impregnated with reagents designed to detect the presence of an analyte in a liquid by producing a color change on the strip or is read using an instrument.
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