slovo | definícia |
soda (mass) | soda
- sóda |
soda (msasasci) | soda
- soda, soda water |
soda (encz) | soda,soda n: Zdeněk Brož |
soda (encz) | soda,sodovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
soda (czen) | soda,sodan: Zdeněk Brož |
soda (czen) | soda,soda water |
Soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster] |
soda (gcide) | Soda pop \So"da pop\, n.
a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide,
so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in
different localities it is variously called also soda,
pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants.
The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or
corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame.
The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit
juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop
is usually served chilled.
Note: Several large corporations started primarily as
bottlers of soda pop, such as Coca-Cola,
Pepsi-Cola, and Dr. Pepper.
[PJC] |
soda (gcide) | Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
[1913 Webster]
Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
[1913 Webster] |
soda (wn) | soda
n 1: a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders
and glass and paper [syn: sodium carbonate, {washing
soda}, sal soda, soda ash, soda]
2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in
New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop, soda,
soda pop, soda water, tonic] |
soda (foldoc) | Symbolic Optimum DEUCE Assembly Program
SODA
(SODA) The symbolic assembler for a {one-level
storage} virtual machine for the English ELectric DEUCE.
["SODA Manual of Operation", R. C. Brigham and C. G. Bell,
School of Elec Eng, U New S Wales, Sydney, NSW, 1958].
(1994-11-04)
|
soda (vera) | SODA
Service-Orientated Developmenrt of Applications (SOA, SOBA)
|
soda (vera) | SODA
Simplified OS for Distributed Applications (OS)
|
soda (vera) | SODA
System Optimization and Design Algorithm
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
soda (mass) | soda
- sóda |
soda cracker (mass) | soda cracker
- sešienka |
soda water (mass) | soda water
- sóda |
soda (msasasci) | soda
- soda, soda water |
baking soda (encz) | baking soda,jedlá soda n: luke |
caustic soda (encz) | caustic soda, n: |
club soda (encz) | club soda, |
cream soda (encz) | cream soda, n: |
ice-cream soda (encz) | ice-cream soda, n: |
orange soda (encz) | orange soda, n: |
order perissodactyla (encz) | order Perissodactyla, n: |
perissodactyl (encz) | perissodactyl, n: |
perissodactyl mammal (encz) | perissodactyl mammal, n: |
perissodactyla (encz) | Perissodactyla, |
sal soda (encz) | sal soda, n: |
soda (encz) | soda,soda n: Zdeněk Brožsoda,sodovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
soda ash (encz) | soda ash, n: |
soda biscuit (encz) | soda biscuit, n: |
soda bottle (encz) | soda bottle, n: |
soda can (encz) | soda can, n: |
soda cracker (encz) | soda cracker,sušenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
soda fountain (encz) | soda fountain, |
soda jerk (encz) | soda jerk, n: |
soda jerker (encz) | soda jerker, n: |
soda lime (encz) | soda lime, n: |
soda niter (encz) | soda niter, n: |
soda pop (encz) | soda pop,sodovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
soda water (encz) | soda water,soda soda water,sodovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sodalist (encz) | sodalist, n: |
sodalite (encz) | sodalite, n: |
sodality (encz) | sodality, n: |
washing soda (encz) | washing soda,uhličitan sodný n: Zdeněk Brož |
jedlá soda (czen) | jedlá soda,baking sodan: lukejedlá soda,calcium bicarbonaten: VlKjedlá soda,saleratus Zdeněk Brož |
soda (czen) | soda,sodan: Zdeněk Brožsoda,soda water |
anisodactyla (gcide) | anisodactyla \an`i*so*dac"ty*la\
([a^]n`[-i]*s[-o]*d[a^]k"t[i^]*l[.a]), anisodactyls
\an`i*so*dac"tyls\ ([a^]n`[-i]*s[-o]*d[a^]k"t[i^]lz), n. pl.
[NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. 'a`nisos unequal ('an priv. +
'i`sos equal) + da`ktylos finger.] (Zool.)
(a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having
the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the
elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
(b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
[1913 Webster] |
Anisodactylous (gcide) | Anisodactylous \An`i*so*dac"ty*lous\, a. (Zool.)
Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one
backward, as in most passerine birds.
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anisodactyls (gcide) | anisodactyla \an`i*so*dac"ty*la\
([a^]n`[-i]*s[-o]*d[a^]k"t[i^]*l[.a]), anisodactyls
\an`i*so*dac"tyls\ ([a^]n`[-i]*s[-o]*d[a^]k"t[i^]lz), n. pl.
[NL. anisodactyla, fr. Gr. 'a`nisos unequal ('an priv. +
'i`sos equal) + da`ktylos finger.] (Zool.)
(a) A group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having
the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the
elephant, rhinoceros, etc.
(b) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
[1913 Webster] |
baking soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium bicarbonate \Sodium bicarbonate\,
a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight
alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is
found in many mineral springs and also produced
artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and
as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda
water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda,
bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and
technically, acid sodium carbonate, {sodium acid
carbonate}, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate,
etc.
[1913 Webster] |
bicarbonate of soda (gcide) | Sodium bicarbonate \Sodium bicarbonate\,
a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight
alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is
found in many mineral springs and also produced
artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and
as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda
water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda,
bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and
technically, acid sodium carbonate, {sodium acid
carbonate}, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate,
etc.
[1913 Webster] |
Capparis sodada (gcide) | Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[^a]pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. ?; cf. Ar.
& Per. al-kabar.]
1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for
pickles.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also
caper bush, caper tree.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the
Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and
brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe
for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost
leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan),
Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.
[1913 Webster]
Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary.
Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
[1913 Webster] |
Capparis sodado (gcide) | Caperberry \Ca"per*ber`ry\, n.
1. The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental
caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
[1913 Webster]
2. The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper
(Capparis sodado).
[1913 Webster] Caper bush |
Caustic soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
[1913 Webster]
Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
[1913 Webster]Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs,
Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.]
1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
[1913 Webster]
2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
[1913 Webster]
Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light,
reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
being in one plane.
Caustic lime. See under Lime.
Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid
hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions
of the same.
Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected
or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic
curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.
Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
[1913 Webster] |
caustic soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
[1913 Webster]
Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
[1913 Webster]Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs,
Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.]
1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
[1913 Webster]
2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
[1913 Webster]
Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light,
reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
being in one plane.
Caustic lime. See under Lime.
Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid
hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions
of the same.
Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected
or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic
curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.
Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
[1913 Webster] |
Caustic soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
[1913 Webster]
Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
[1913 Webster]Caustic \Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs,
Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.]
1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating
away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
[1913 Webster]
2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
[1913 Webster]
Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light,
reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the
reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point
being in one plane.
Caustic lime. See under Lime.
Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid
hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions
of the same.
Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic.
Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected
or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic
curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by
reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.
Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
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Cooking soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
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2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium bicarbonate \Sodium bicarbonate\,
a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight
alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is
found in many mineral springs and also produced
artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and
as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda
water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda,
bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and
technically, acid sodium carbonate, {sodium acid
carbonate}, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate,
etc.
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cooking soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
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2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium bicarbonate \Sodium bicarbonate\,
a white crystalline substance, HNaCO3, with a slight
alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is
found in many mineral springs and also produced
artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and
as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda
water. Called also baking soda, cooking soda,
bicarbonate of soda, bicarb, saleratus, and
technically, acid sodium carbonate, {sodium acid
carbonate}, primary sodium carbonate, sodium dicarbonate,
etc.
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Episodal (gcide) | Episodal \Ep`i*so"dal\, a.
Same as Episodic.
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Perissodactyl (gcide) | Perissodactyl \Per`is*so*dac"tyl\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Perissodactyla.
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Perissodactyla (gcide) | Perissodactyla \Per`is*so*dac"ty*la\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?
odd (fr. ? over) + ? finger.] (Zool.)
A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an
odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; --
opposed to Artiodactyla.
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Sal soda (gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
[1913 Webster]Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
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2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
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Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
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sal soda (gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See Salt.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.
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Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
Absinthium}).
Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth.
Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white
crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
ammonia}.
Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
chloride.
Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above.
Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.),
potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
alkaline.
Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
-- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt,
under Microcosmic.
Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st
Prunella.
Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
acid.
Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
Rochelle salt.
Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium.
Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
sulphate.
Sal volatile. [NL.]
(a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above.
(b) Spirits of ammonia.
[1913 Webster]Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
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2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
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Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
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Salsoda (gcide) | Salsoda \Sal`so"da\, n.
See Sal soda, under Sal.
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Salt of soda (gcide) | Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole,
Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. Sal,
Salad, Salary, Saline, Sauce, Sausage.]
1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
and crystallization, from sea water and other water
impregnated with saline particles.
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2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
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Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
. we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
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3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
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I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
of silver salts. --Pepys.
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5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
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Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
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6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
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Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
acid salts. See Phrases below.
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7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
with a grain of salt.
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Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13.
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8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
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9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
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Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have
survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
and poor relations. See Saltfoot.
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His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
salt. --B. Jonson.
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Acid salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
(b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
a neutral salt.
Alkaline salt (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
reaction, as sodium carbonate.
Amphid salt (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
oxide. [Obsolescent]
Basic salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
than is required to neutralize the acid.
(b) An alkaline salt.
Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
sulphate. See under Double.
Epsom salts. See in the Vocabulary.
Essential salt (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
crystallizing plant juices.
Ethereal salt. (Chem.) See under Ethereal.
Glauber's salt or Glauber's salts. See in Vocabulary.
Haloid salt (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
sodium chloride.
Microcosmic salt. (Chem.). See under Microcosmic.
Neutral salt. (Chem.)
(a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
neutralize each other.
(b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
Oxy salt (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
Per salt (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
Permanent salt, a salt which undergoes no change on
exposure to the air.
Proto salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
analogous compound.
Rochelle salt. See under Rochelle.
Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
of iron.
Salt of hartshorn. (Old Chem.)
(a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
(b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under
Hartshorn.
Salt of lemons. (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below.
Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Salt of Seignette. Same as Rochelle salt.
Salt of soda (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
Salt of sorrel (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
-- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon.
Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
-- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
Salt of wisdom. See Alembroth.
Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
or analogous compound.
Spirit of salt. (Chem.) See under Spirit.
Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
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soda (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Soda pop \So"da pop\, n.
a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide,
so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in
different localities it is variously called also soda,
pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants.
The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or
corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame.
The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit
juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop
is usually served chilled.
Note: Several large corporations started primarily as
bottlers of soda pop, such as Coca-Cola,
Pepsi-Cola, and Dr. Pepper.
[PJC]Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
(as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990.
Specific gravity 0.97.
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Sodium amalgam, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, a white crystalline substance,
Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
chemical industries. Called also sal soda, {washing
soda}, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, a white opaque brittle solid, NaOH,
having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By
extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
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Soda alum (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
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2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
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Soda ash (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
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Soda biscuit (gcide) | Soda biscuit \So"da biscuit\, n.
a bicuit leavened with baking soda and with buttermilk or
sour milk.
[PJC] |
Soda bread (gcide) | Soda bread \So"da bread\, n.
a bread made with buttermilk and leavened with baking soda.
[PJC] |
Soda fountain (gcide) | Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
1. (Chem.)
(a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
(b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
bicarbonate is also called baking soda
[1913 Webster]
2. same as sodium, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
soda}.
[PJC]
3. same as soda water.
[PJC]
4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
[PJC]
Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
waste}.
Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]Soda fountain \So"da foun`tain\, n.
a counter at which people may sit and be served soda pop, ice
cream, or light meals. Such counters may be located for
example in restaurants, ice cream shops, drugstores,
departments stores.
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Soda jerk (gcide) | Soda jerk \So"da jerk\, n.
a person who serves soda, ice cream, similar foods from
behind a soda fountain.
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