Englisch-Deutsch Übersetzung für crucible

SchmelztiegelderEuropa hat zuweilen schreckliche Ereignisse hervorgebracht, aber es war auch der Ort, der Schmelztiegel, in dem dieser grundlegende Begriff geprägt wurde: die Würde jedes menschlichen Wesens. Europe has sometimes bred horror but it has also been the scene, the crucible, where this basic idea, the dignity of every human being, was forged.

A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder
A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process

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