Definition of "zirconia" []

• Cubic zirconia. (noun)

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• "You know there's real zircon and there's synthetic cubic zirconia, which is created as a fake diamond and made in a lab?"
• "According to Ms Garmendia, using a ceramic material called zirconia (Zr02), carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles of zirconia, a prothesis that will last more than 150 years can be produced."
• "This difficulty exists principally with an oxide such as zirconia, because it cannot be compressed in so hard a cake that it would not be carried off quickly."