lac
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- noun
- /læk/
- Specialized
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goma laca
- The artist used lac to create a beautiful, glossy finish on her paintings.
Examples
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Use vectors without any prokaryotic expression systems like the lac promoter that is usually used for alpha complementation because many of such problems relate more to transcripts or gene products than to the DNA sequence itself.
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In terms of proportional odds ratio, we find that the proportional odds of expecting high inflation are 0.84 times lower for those individuals who earn between Rs. 70,000 to 1 lac as compared to those who earn less than Rs. 25,000 (base category).
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But... 40 lacs of silver... would make rich many, many Chinese families... for generations.
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Forty lac dollars.
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You sellJin Qua five lac dollars' land in Hong Kong.
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Forty lac?
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Major scalp lac.
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Weeest, still in tha 4s and the 'lacs--
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She decided to buy some lac for her craft project, which involved making homemade candles.
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In traditional dyeing processes, lac is a vital ingredient known for its vibrant colors.
Synonyms
A sticky substance from insects used to make shellac and dyes
A dried natural resin scraped from twigs before processing
Small dark pieces made by crushing and washing stick resin, used to make shellac
A sticky material that insects make in Madagascar and people use for varnish and dye
Compounds
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A refined deep red-brown natural substance used as a fine finish after chemical treatment
- Specialized
A sticky material that insects make in Madagascar and people use for varnish and dye
- Specialized
Small dark pieces made by crushing and washing stick resin, used to make shellac
- Specialized
A sticky substance made by insects on twigs of Mexican shrubs that people use as medicine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lac comes from an old Indian word, laksha, which meant 'a hundred thousand' because so many tiny insects together make the resin. That's why lac now means the sticky resin those insects produce, and you can also see the same root in shellac.