| slovo | definícia |
sium
(wn) | Sium
n 1: perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern
hemisphere: water parsnips [syn: Sium, genus Sium] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
gymnasium
(mass) | gymnasium
- gymnázium, telocvičňa |
magnesium
(mass) | magnesium
- horčík |
symposium
(mass) | symposium
- diskusia |
caesium
(encz) | caesium,cesium [chem.] Jiří Šmoldas |
cesium
(encz) | cesium,cesium n: Zdeněk Brož |
cesium 137
(encz) | cesium 137, n: |
diclofenac potassium
(encz) | diclofenac potassium, n: |
dysprosium
(encz) | dysprosium,dysprosium n: Zdeněk Brož |
elysium
(encz) | Elysium,elysium Zdeněk BrožElysium,ráj Zdeněk Brož |
gymnasium
(encz) | gymnasium,tělocvična n: |
indusium
(encz) | indusium, n: |
magnesium
(encz) | magnesium,hořčík n: [chem.] z latiny Bukovansky Richard |
magnesium bicarbonate
(encz) | magnesium bicarbonate, n: |
magnesium hydroxide
(encz) | magnesium hydroxide, n: |
magnesium nitride
(encz) | magnesium nitride, n: |
magnesium oxide
(encz) | magnesium oxide,oxid hořečnatý n: [chem.] Ondřej Světlík |
magnesium sulfate
(encz) | magnesium sulfate,síran hořečnatý n: [chem.] Ondřej Světlík |
penicillin v potassium
(encz) | penicillin V potassium, n: |
potassium
(encz) | potassium,draselný adj: Zdeněk Brožpotassium,draslík n: [chem.] K |
potassium acid carbonate
(encz) | potassium acid carbonate, n: |
potassium alum
(encz) | potassium alum, n: |
potassium bicarbonate
(encz) | potassium bicarbonate, n: |
potassium bromide
(encz) | potassium bromide, n: |
potassium carbonate
(encz) | potassium carbonate, n: |
potassium chlorate
(encz) | potassium chlorate, n: |
potassium chloride
(encz) | potassium chloride,chlorid draselný (KCl) n: [chem.] Štěpán Šrubař |
potassium cyanide
(encz) | potassium cyanide, n: |
potassium dichromate
(encz) | potassium dichromate, n: |
potassium ferrocyanide
(encz) | potassium ferrocyanide, n: |
potassium hydrogen carbonate
(encz) | potassium hydrogen carbonate, n: |
potassium hydrogen tartrate
(encz) | potassium hydrogen tartrate, n: |
potassium hydroxide
(encz) | potassium hydroxide, n: |
potassium iodide
(encz) | potassium iodide, n: |
potassium nitrate
(encz) | potassium nitrate,dusičnan draselný n: [chem.] součást hnojiv |
potassium permanganate
(encz) | potassium permanganate, n: |
potassium-argon dating
(encz) | potassium-argon dating, n: |
symposium
(encz) | symposium,diskuze n: Zdeněk Brožsymposium,sympozium n: Zdeněk Brož |
cesium
(czen) | cesium,caesium[chem.] Jiří Šmoldascesium,cesiumn: Zdeněk Brož |
dysprosium
(czen) | dysprosium,dysprosiumn: Zdeněk Brož |
elysium
(czen) | elysium,Elysium Zdeněk Brož |
acid potassium tartrate
(gcide) | Cream \Cream\ (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema
cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin
to cremare to burn.]
1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when
the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the
surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is
obtained.
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2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the
surface. [R.]
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3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from
cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
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4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
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In vain she tries her paste and creams,
To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith.
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5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence;
as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a
collection of books or pictures.
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Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
--Shelton.
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Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and
eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold.
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose
water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and
lips.
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which
the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has
been added.
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a
graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the
cream to rise.
Cream nut, the Brazil nut.
Cream of lime.
(a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution
of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
(b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so
called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the
surface of the liquor in the process of purification by
recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance,
with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an
ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium
bitartrate}, acid potassium tartrate, etc.
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Acrotarsium
(gcide) | Acrotarsium \Ac`ro*tar"si*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? topmost + ?
tarsus.] (Zool.)
The instep or front of the tarsus.
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Caesium
(gcide) | caesium \caesium\, Caesium \C[ae]"si*um\(s[=e]"z[-e]*[u^]m), n.
[NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.)
A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called
from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It
was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is
the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known.
Symbol Cs. Atomic number 55. Atomic weight 132.6.
Syn: cesium, Cs
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caesium
(gcide) | caesium \caesium\, Caesium \C[ae]"si*um\(s[=e]"z[-e]*[u^]m), n.
[NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.)
A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called
from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It
was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is
the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known.
Symbol Cs. Atomic number 55. Atomic weight 132.6.
Syn: cesium, Cs
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cesium
(gcide) | cesium \cesium\ n.
the chemical element of atomic number 55. It is a univalent
element, the most electropositive metal. Symbol Cs; atomic
weight 132.905. IT has a melting point of 28.4[deg] C.
Syn: caesium, Cs.
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Dysprosium
(gcide) | Dysprosium \Dys*pro"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. dyspro`sitos hard
to get at.] (Chem.)
An element of the rare earth-group. Symbol Dy; at. wt.,
162.5.
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Elysium
(gcide) | Elysium \E*ly"sium\, n.; pl. E. Elysiums, L. Elysia. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?, ? ?, Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.)
1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the
seat of future happiness; Paradise.
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2. Hence, any delightful place.
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An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the
Greeks. --I. Taylor.
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Elysiums
(gcide) | Elysium \E*ly"sium\, n.; pl. E. Elysiums, L. Elysia. [L.,
fr. Gr. ?, ? ?, Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.)
1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the
seat of future happiness; Paradise.
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2. Hence, any delightful place.
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An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the
Greeks. --I. Taylor.
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Endomysium
(gcide) | Endomysium \En`do*my"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within +
my^s a muscle.] (Anat.)
The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among
muscular fibers.
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Gymnasium
(gcide) | Gymnasium \Gym*na"si*um\ (j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[u^]m or
j[i^]m*n[=a]"zh[i^]*[u^]m; 277) n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums
(j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[u^]mz), L. Gymnasia
(j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[.a]). [L., fr. Gr. gymna`sion, fr.
gymna`zein to exercise (naked), fr. gymo`s naked.]
1. A place or building where athletic exercises are
performed; a school for gymnastics.
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2. A school for the higher branches of literature and
science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used
esp. of German schools of this kind.
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More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than
universities. --Hallam.
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Gymnasiums
(gcide) | Gymnasium \Gym*na"si*um\ (j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[u^]m or
j[i^]m*n[=a]"zh[i^]*[u^]m; 277) n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums
(j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[u^]mz), L. Gymnasia
(j[i^]m*n[=a]"z[i^]*[.a]). [L., fr. Gr. gymna`sion, fr.
gymna`zein to exercise (naked), fr. gymo`s naked.]
1. A place or building where athletic exercises are
performed; a school for gymnastics.
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2. A school for the higher branches of literature and
science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used
esp. of German schools of this kind.
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More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than
universities. --Hallam.
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Indusium
(gcide) | Indusium \In*du"si*um\, n.; pl. Indusia (-[.a]). [L., an under
garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering
of the seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.)
(a) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup,
and inclosing the stigma of a flower.
(b) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many
ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle
or side to a veinlet.
(c) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
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Lansium domesticum
(gcide) | Lanseh \Lan"seh\ (l[.a]n"s[asl]), n.
The small, yellow to whitish brown berrylike fruit of an East
Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp,
with an agreeable tart subacid taste. --Balfour.
Syn: lansah, lansa, lansat, lanset.
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Lavoesium
(gcide) | Lavoesium \La*v[oe]"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Lavoisier, the
celebrated French chemist.] (Chem.)
A supposed new metallic element, which was said to have been
discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of
a silver-white color, and malleable. It is not currently
(1998) a recognized element.
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Magnesium
(gcide) | Magnesium \Mag*ne"si*um\, n. [NL. & F. See Magnesia.] (Chem.)
A light silver-white metallic element of atomic number 12,
malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but
tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide)
magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the
so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in
pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic
illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in
dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight,
24.305. Specific gravity, 1.75.
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Magnesium sulphate. (Chem.) Same as Epsom salts.
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magnesium hydroxide
(gcide) | magnesium hydroxide \magnesium hydroxide\ n. (Chem.)
A slightly alkaline chemical substance, Mg(OH)2, the active
principle in the antacid milk of magnesia, also used as a
laxative.
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magnesium oxide
(gcide) | magnesium oxide \magnesium oxide\ n. (Chem.)
Magnesia.
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Magnesium sulphate
(gcide) | Magnesium \Mag*ne"si*um\, n. [NL. & F. See Magnesia.] (Chem.)
A light silver-white metallic element of atomic number 12,
malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but
tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide)
magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the
so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in
pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic
illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in
dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight,
24.305. Specific gravity, 1.75.
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Magnesium sulphate. (Chem.) Same as Epsom salts.
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Manganesium
(gcide) | Manganesium \Man`ga*ne"si*um\, n. [NL.]
Manganese.
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Perimysium
(gcide) | Perimysium \Per`i*my"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. peri` about + my^s
muscle.] (Anat.)
The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and
sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular
fibers.
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Potassium
(gcide) | Potassium \Po*tas"si*um\, n. [NL. See Potassa, Potash.]
(Chem.)
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined,
as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the
minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic
weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
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Note: It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal,
lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest
readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under
liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its
compounds are very important, being used in glass
making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs
and chemicals.
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Potassium permanganate, the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in
dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and
dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; --
used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name {chameleon
mineral} is applied to this salt and also to potassium
manganate.
Potassium bitartrate. See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
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Potassium bitartrate
(gcide) | Potassium \Po*tas"si*um\, n. [NL. See Potassa, Potash.]
(Chem.)
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined,
as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the
minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic
weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
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Note: It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal,
lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest
readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under
liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its
compounds are very important, being used in glass
making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs
and chemicals.
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Potassium permanganate, the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in
dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and
dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; --
used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name {chameleon
mineral} is applied to this salt and also to potassium
manganate.
Potassium bitartrate. See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
[1913 Webster]Cream \Cream\ (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema
cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin
to cremare to burn.]
1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when
the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the
surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is
obtained.
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2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the
surface. [R.]
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3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from
cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
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4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
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In vain she tries her paste and creams,
To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith.
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5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence;
as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a
collection of books or pictures.
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Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
--Shelton.
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Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and
eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold.
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose
water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and
lips.
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which
the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has
been added.
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a
graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the
cream to rise.
Cream nut, the Brazil nut.
Cream of lime.
(a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution
of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
(b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so
called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the
surface of the liquor in the process of purification by
recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance,
with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an
ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium
bitartrate}, acid potassium tartrate, etc.
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potassium bitartrate
(gcide) | Potassium \Po*tas"si*um\, n. [NL. See Potassa, Potash.]
(Chem.)
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined,
as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the
minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic
weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
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Note: It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal,
lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest
readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under
liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its
compounds are very important, being used in glass
making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs
and chemicals.
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Potassium permanganate, the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in
dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and
dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; --
used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name {chameleon
mineral} is applied to this salt and also to potassium
manganate.
Potassium bitartrate. See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
[1913 Webster]Cream \Cream\ (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema
cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin
to cremare to burn.]
1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when
the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the
surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is
obtained.
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2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the
surface. [R.]
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3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from
cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
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4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
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In vain she tries her paste and creams,
To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith.
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5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence;
as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a
collection of books or pictures.
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Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
--Shelton.
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Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and
eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold.
Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose
water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and
lips.
Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which
the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has
been added.
Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a
graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the
cream to rise.
Cream nut, the Brazil nut.
Cream of lime.
(a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution
of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.
(b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.
Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so
called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the
surface of the liquor in the process of purification by
recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance,
with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an
ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium
bitartrate}, acid potassium tartrate, etc.
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Potassium carboxide
(gcide) | Carboxide \Car*box"ide\, n. [Carbon + oxide.] (Chem.)
A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some
element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.
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Potassium carboxide, a grayish explosive crystalline
compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbon monoxide
over heated potassium.
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Potassium ferricyanide
(gcide) | Ferricyanide \Fer`ri*cy"a*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Ferri- + cyanide.]
(Chem.)
One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and
some other base.
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Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a
dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of
the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it
is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue.
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Potassium ferrocyanide
(gcide) | Ferrocyanide \Fer`ro*cy"a*nide\ (? or ?; 104), n. [Ferro- +
cyanide.] (Chem.)
One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron
and some other base.
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Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash;
a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the
starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen
compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate,
prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together
potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen,
as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.
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Potassium permanganate
(gcide) | Permanganate \Per*man"ga*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of permanganic acid.
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Potassium permanganate. (Chem.) See {Potassium
permanganate}, under Potassium.
[1913 Webster]Potassium \Po*tas"si*um\, n. [NL. See Potassa, Potash.]
(Chem.)
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined,
as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the
minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic
weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
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Note: It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal,
lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest
readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under
liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its
compounds are very important, being used in glass
making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs
and chemicals.
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Potassium permanganate, the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in
dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and
dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; --
used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name {chameleon
mineral} is applied to this salt and also to potassium
manganate.
Potassium bitartrate. See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
[1913 Webster]Chameleon \Cha*me"le*on\ (k[.a]*m[=e]"l[-e]*[u^]n), n. [L.
Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile`wn, lit., "ground lion;" chamai` on
the ground + le`wn lion. See Humble, and Lion.] (Zool.)
1. A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham[ae]leo, of
several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The
skin is covered with fine granulations; it has eyes which
can move separately, the tail is prehensile, and the body
is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. It is
remarkable for its ability to change the color of its skin
to blend with its surroundings. [Also sometimes spelled
chamaeleon.]
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Note: Its color changes more or less with the color of the
objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In
a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on
admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green,
or blood red, of various shades, and more or less
mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong
to Anolis and allied genera of the family
Iguanid[ae]. They are more slender in form than the
true chameleons, but have the same power of changing
their colors.
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2. a person who changes opinions, ideas, or behavior to suit
the prevailing social climate; an opportunist.
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Chameleon mineral (Chem.), the compound called {potassium
permanganate}, a dark violet, crystalline substance,
KMnO4, which in formation passes through a peculiar
succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc.
See Potassium permanganate, under Potassium.
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potassium permanganate
(gcide) | Permanganate \Per*man"ga*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of permanganic acid.
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Potassium permanganate. (Chem.) See {Potassium
permanganate}, under Potassium.
[1913 Webster]Potassium \Po*tas"si*um\, n. [NL. See Potassa, Potash.]
(Chem.)
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined,
as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the
minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic
weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
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Note: It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal,
lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest
readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under
liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its
compounds are very important, being used in glass
making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs
and chemicals.
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Potassium permanganate, the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in
dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and
dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; --
used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name {chameleon
mineral} is applied to this salt and also to potassium
manganate.
Potassium bitartrate. See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
[1913 Webster]Chameleon \Cha*me"le*on\ (k[.a]*m[=e]"l[-e]*[u^]n), n. [L.
Chamaeleon, Gr. chamaile`wn, lit., "ground lion;" chamai` on
the ground + le`wn lion. See Humble, and Lion.] (Zool.)
1. A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham[ae]leo, of
several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The
skin is covered with fine granulations; it has eyes which
can move separately, the tail is prehensile, and the body
is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. It is
remarkable for its ability to change the color of its skin
to blend with its surroundings. [Also sometimes spelled
chamaeleon.]
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Note: Its color changes more or less with the color of the
objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In
a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on
admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green,
or blood red, of various shades, and more or less
mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong
to Anolis and allied genera of the family
Iguanid[ae]. They are more slender in form than the
true chameleons, but have the same power of changing
their colors.
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2. a person who changes opinions, ideas, or behavior to suit
the prevailing social climate; an opportunist.
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Chameleon mineral (Chem.), the compound called {potassium
permanganate}, a dark violet, crystalline substance,
KMnO4, which in formation passes through a peculiar
succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc.
See Potassium permanganate, under Potassium.
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Sium Sisarum
(gcide) | Skirret \Skir"ret\, n. [A corrupted form equivalent to
sugarwort.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Sium Sisarum syn. {Pimpinella
Sisarum}). It is a native of Asia, but has been long
cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots,
which are very sweet.
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Symposium
(gcide) | Symposium \Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl. Symposia. [L., fr. Gr.
sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a
drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]
1. A drinking together; a merry feast. --T. Warton.
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2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a
common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to
the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
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Wasium
(gcide) | Wasium \Wa"si*um\, n. [NL. So called from Wasa, or Vasa, the
name of a former royal family of Sweden.] (Chem.)
A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from
wasite, but now identified with thorium.
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