Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Rare Ellipsis of gum arabic.
Gum arabic is known as a lower viscosity gum, with high emulsification properties. […] these alternatives are still not totally as effective as gum arabic and when pricing and availability of arabic comes back in line, many switch back,[…]2008 February 28, Dolf De Rovira, Sr., Dictionary of Flavors, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115:
Gum arabic has been an effective substitute but less expensive replacements comprising a spray-dried blend of modified […] Ranganna and Ranghuramaiah described the use of arabic as a cloud stabilizer in orange squash beverages,[…] The arabic coating protected the fumaric acid and improved its solubility. Similar granulated condiments containing extruded meat flavoring ingredients were protected by coating them with non-hygroscopic gum arabic.[…]2019 July 17, Martin Glicksman, Food Hydrocolloids, CRC Press, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of arabic numeral.
Chiefly American typesetting; uncommon outside that; chiefly American typesetting; uncommon outside that
arabic
adj
Etymology See gum arabic.
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Only used in arabic acid
There is very little in recent literature concerning the chemistry of gum arabic other than […]. The "arabic acid" is of variable composition.1928, Harry Athol Murray, A Physico-chemical Study of Gum Arabic ...:
When solutions of arabic acid are warmed in water, a unique polysaccharide gum called degraded gum arabic is produced. The arabic acid undergoes autohydrolysis and spilts off L-arabinose, L-rhamnose,[…]2010 January 2, NIIR Board, Gums, Adhesives & Sealants Technology (with Formulae & their Applications) 2nd Edition, ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc., →ISBN, page 524:
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Only used in arabic numeral
Chiefly American typesetting; uncommon outside that; chiefly American typesetting; uncommon outside that
Etymology From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.
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Related to the Arabic language.
an Arabic translation
nuances of Arabic inflection
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One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an Arab country!"2008, Abdallah Nacereddine, To Be Oneself: The Tragicomedy of an Unfinished Life History, →ISBN, page 342:
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Of numerals Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Arabic numerals
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Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).
White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule".2012, Deborah Youdell, “Intelligibility, agency and the raced–nationed–religioned subjects of education”, in Intersectionality and "Race" in Education, →ISBN, page 202:
I saw that in my workplace black co-workers had to unite with Arabic and white workers just to be able to win better wages and working conditions and certainly to be able to win a strike.1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 5:
Arabic
noun
Etymology From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic.
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A variety of the Arabic language.
He was speaking an Arabic that they'd never heard before and could barely understand.
That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics.2000 July 20, Topprolmc, “OT - I participated in an obscene act today!”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet):
Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spoken Arabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects.2004 April 22, Peter T. Daniels, “Taiwanese and their language”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet):
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Arabic numeral.
A novel writer will usually spell out Arabics from one to nine, to accord with the tone of the genre.