graphite

graphite
(gra-fi-t') s. m.
Terme de minéralogie. Substance dite aussi plombagine, qui est du carbone presque pur, mêlé d'une petite quantité de matière terreuse et d'ocre, et dont on se sert pour fabriquer les crayons dits de mine de plomb.
   Du grec, dessiner, écrire.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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