Definitions for "crucible "
A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.
A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.
A pot of receptacle made of refractory materials such as high temperature resisting alloys, graphite, alundrum, magnesia, or silicon carbide, bonded with clay or carbon, and used in melting or fusion of metals.
Crucible is a geodemography computer system created by the United Kingdom-based grocery company Tesco. The system is run by a subsidiary dunnhumby. The system collects information from the company's loyalty program, "ClubCard", as well as aggregating information from other geodemographic databases and other sources.
Crucible provides a powerful, flexible backend for building automated testing systems. It allows for conducting tests on multiple machines , including patching, rebuilding, and booting new kernels, libraries, and services. Configuration and customization can be done through simple config files and bash scripts.
A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction.
a severe test as of patients or belief, a trial
Keywords:  halford, album, band, music, released
Crucible is an album by the band Halford released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).
Keywords:  universe, center, source
Center of the universe, the source of all.