reguline

[ reg-yuh-lin, -lahyn ]

adjective

, Metallurgy.

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reguline¹

First recorded in 1660–70; regul(us) + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Copper may be deposited from almost any of its salts in reguline form, the sulphate and nitrate being most usually employed.

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This is, perhaps, chiefly owing to the practical difficulty of obtaining a good firm "reguline" deposit.

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By carefully melting it in vacuo it can then be converted into the reguline form and drawn into wire.

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All the rest of the process consists only in separating this reguline part from the Gold.

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Antimony, as hath been already said, is a sort of ore consisting of a metalline or reguline part mineralized by Sulphur.

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