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The term "enamel" has also sometimes been applied to industrial materials other than vitreous enamel, such as [[enamel paint]] and the polymers coating [[enameled wire]]; these actually are very different in [[materials science]] terms.
The word ''enamel'' comes from the [[Old High German]] word {{lang|goh|smelzan}} (to [[smelting|smelt]]) via the [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|esmail}},<ref>Campbell, 6</ref> or from a Latin word {{lang|la|smaltum}}, first found in a 9th-century ''[[Liber Pontificalis|Life of Leo IV]]''.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Enamel}}</ref> Used as a noun, "an enamel" is usually a small decorative object coated with enamel. "
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