Glossary C

Deutsch: China / Español: China / Português: China / Français: Chine / Italiano: Cina /

China is characterized as 1) A porcelain clay body, with up to one percent absorption, usually translucent; industry fires high to vitrification and glazes low; studio potters usually fire clay and glazes together to high temperatures by the traditional Asian method, or make low-fire porcelain by the European method. 2) Whiteware, vitreous and hard, sometimes translucent. 3) a general term used when discussing any kind of tableware.

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Colour (US spelling: color) is a phenomenon of light caused by how our eyes detect differing qualities of projected or reflected light color

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Cable is characterized as thick heavy rope that often contains wire strands. Alternately, a bundle of insulated wires through which an electrical current can be passed.

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Camera is described as the most important tool of the photographer in film parlance.

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Clay is characterized as:

1) Fine-grained earth materials formed by the decomposition of igneous rock.

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Ceramics refers to the art and science of forming objects from earth materials containing or combined with silica; the objects are then heated to 1300°F or more.

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A commodity is good that is generally a primary good used in manufacturing such as timber, cotton, wool and copper.

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Deutsch: Getreide / Español: Cereal / Português: Cereal / Français: Céréales / Italiano: Cereali /

Cereal refers to any grain or edible seed of the grass family which may be used as food.

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