talc
A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
Other meanings
A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
A kind of
- mineral
Kinds of talc
- soap-rock
Related words
- talcite
- talclike
- talcoid
- talcomicaceous
- talcosis
- talcous
- Talcville
- oil of talc
- Venice talc
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “talc” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.