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Noun: graphite  'gra,fIt
  1. Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
    "graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon";
    - black lead, plumbago

Derived forms: graphites

Type of: atomic number 6, C, carbon

Encyclopedia: Graphite, Ontario

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