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enamel

  (ĭ-năm'əl)

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1. A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.
2. An object having such a coating, as in a piece of cloisonné.
3. A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish: nail enamel.
4. A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.
5. Anatomy. The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.

1. To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.
2. To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.
3. To adorn with a brightly colored surface.

[From Middle English enamelen, to put on enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler : en-, on (from Old French; see en–¹) + amail, enamel (from Old French esmail, of Germanic origin).]

Coating material on coated transfer that gives the paper a smooth finish and consists of solid pigments, water, and adhesives.

1. the hard, glistening tissue covering the anatomic crown of the tooth. It is composed chiefly of hexagonal rods of hydroxyapatite, sheathed in an organic matrix (approximately 0.15%) and oriented with their long axes approximately at right angles to the surface. n 2. the outermost layer or covering of the coronal portion of the tooth that overlies and protects the dentin.

A paint made of finely ground pigments and a resin binder that dries to form a hard, smooth, glassy film having very little surface texture.

The hard, white substance that covers the crown of a tooth.

The white, compact and very hard substance covering and protecting the dentine of the crown of a tooth.

• e. bulge — the area of greatest diameter of a tooth, just external to the gum line, which acts to deflect food from the free gingival margin and the gingival crevice.
• e. epithelium — epithelium which creates a bell-shaped enamel organ, surrounding the dental papilla; the internal epithelium consists of columnar ameloblasts which secrete enamel.
• e. hypoplasia — incomplete or partial development; a common defect in dogs.
• inherited e. defect — an inherited absence of enamel from all teeth combined with excessive flexibility of joints in Holstein–Friesian cattle. The teeth are pink and obviously deficient in substance. A defect in collagen formation is probable.
• e. layer — the outermost layer of cells of the enamel organ.
• mottled e. — dental fluorosis; defective enamel, with a chalky white appearance or brownish stain, caused by excessive amounts of fluorine in drinking water and food preparations during the period of enamel calcification.
• e. organ — an epithelial cap over a dental papilla that develops into the enamel-producing organ. The shape of the enamel organ determines the shape of the tooth.
• e. points — sharp projections of enamel at the junction of the buccal and occlusal surfaces of a tooth. Seen most commonly in horses.
• e. rods — progressively mineralized glycoproteinaceous tubules, the basic structural units of enamel; enamel is acellular and consists of interrod material and rods,
• e. spot — remnant of the enamel cup in the center of an incisor tooth table in a horse.

  Enamel spot. By permission from Sack W, Wensing CJG, Dyce KM, Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, Saunders, 2002

• e. works — factories manufacturing enamels or using them extensively; sources of fluorine for pollution of pasture and water.

Enamel may refer to:

• Tooth enamel, the hard mineralized surface of teeth.
• Vitreous enamel, a smooth, durable coating made of melted and hardened glass.
• Enamel paint, a paint that dries to an especially hard glossy finish, resembling vitreous enamel.
• Enameled wire, wire insulated with vitreous enamel.
• Enamel (markup language)
• Enamel (song), a song by Brave Saint Saturn from their album "The Light Of Things Hoped For..."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - emalje, lak, glasur, højglans, neglelak, tandemalje, emaljearbejde, glas
v. tr. - emaljere, give højglans, udføre emaljearbejde på, udsmykke med forskellige farver

Nederlands (Dutch)
emailleren, glazuren, met kleuren versieren, email, glazuur, lak, make-up die glanst

Français (French)
n. - émail, (Art) un émail
v. tr. - émailler

Deutsch (German)
n. - Email, Glasur, Schmelz
v. - emaillieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σμάλτο, εμαγιέ, αδαμαντίνη, βερνίκι, εμαγίτης, λάκα
v. - σμαλτώνω
attrib. - από σμάλτο, εμαγιέ

Italiano (Italian)
smaltare, smalto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - esmalte (m)
v. - esmaltar, laquear, envernizar (couro)

Русский (Russian)
эмаль

Español (Spanish)
n. - esmalte, esmalte de los dientes
v. tr. - esmaltar, charolar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - emalj, nagellack
v. - emaljera
attr. - emalj-

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
珐琅, 指甲油, 瓷釉, 涂以瓷釉, 彩饰

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 琺瑯, 指甲油, 瓷釉
v. tr. - 塗以瓷釉, 彩飾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 에나멜, 광택제
v. tr. - 에나멜을 입히다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - エナメル, 上薬, エナメル塗料, エナメル質, 釉薬
v. - エナメルを塗る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مينا, طلاء (فعل) يطلي بالمينا, يزخرف (صفه) ملون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמייל, תזגיג, זגוגית, זגג‬
v. tr. - ‮ציפה באמייל, צייר (דמויות) באמייל‬

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