crucible

suomi-englanti sanakirja

crucible englannista suomeksi

1. sulatusastia

0. Substantiivi

1. upokas

2. upokas small; sulatuspata large

3. pesä

4. tulikoe

crucible englanniksi

1. A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

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3. A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.

4. The bottom and hottest part of a furnace; the hearth.

5. A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

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6. (RQ:Landon Ethel Churchill)

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9. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Faber and Faber|chapter=Introduction|location=London|page=xix|passage=Beowulf's mood as he gets ready to fight the dragon - who could be read as a projection of Beowulf's own chthonic wisdom refined in the crucible of experience - recalls the mood of other tragic heroes.