micanite

noun

micanite

noun

Etymology Trade name coined in the 1890s from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite and ebonite.

1

A manufactured material consisting of small sheets of mica cemented with shellac or other insulating cement on cloth or paper.

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