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termita — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • termite noun A pale, soft-bodied wood-eating insect that lives in large colonies.
  • thermite noun A mixture of metal powder and metal oxide that burns extremely hot, used in welding and incendiary devices.

Senses

termita is used for these senses in English:

  • termite A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
  • thermite (chemistry) A mixture of a metal and a metal oxide capable of producing a thermite reaction, such as aluminium metal and ferric oxide; used in incendiary devices.

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