POWDER METHOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does powder method mean? 

• POWDER METHOD (noun)
  The noun POWDER METHOD has 1 sense:

1. a process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification

  Familiarity information: POWDER METHOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POWDER METHOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process for identifying minerals or crystals; a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified X-rays; the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

powder method; powder photography; powder technique

Hypernyms ("powder method" is a kind of...):

photography (the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces)