Having the properties of cement; acting as a binding agent or resembling cement in nature.
From Latin caementum with suffix -itious meaning having the quality of. A technical adjective used in materials science and construction.
Concrete scientists love this word—fly ash and silica fume are 'cementitious materials' that aren't technically cement but act like it, and mixing them into concrete actually makes it stronger and more durable than plain Portland cement.
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