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Ammonia definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMMO'NIA,
AMMO'NIAC,
AMMONI'ACAL, a. Pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties.
AMMO'NIAC, or AMMONIAC GUM, n. [See ammonia.]
A gun resin, from Africa and the East, brought in large masses, composed of tears, internally white and externally yellow; supposed to be an exudation from an umbelliferous plant. it has a fetid smell, and a nauseous sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, soluble in water and spirit of wine, and is used in medicine, as a deobstruent, and resolvent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a water solution of ammonia [syn: ammonia water, ammonia, ammonium hydroxide]
2: a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sal ammoniacus sal ammoniac, literally, salt of Ammon, from Greek amm?niakos of Ammon, from Amm?n Ammon, Amun, an Egyptian god near whose temple at the Siwa oasis it was extracted Date: 1789 1. a pungent colorless gaseous alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen NH₃ that is very soluble in water and can easily be condensed to a liquid by cold and pressure 2. ammonia water

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a colourless strongly alkaline gas with a characteristic pungent smell. Usage: Chem. formula: NH3 2 (in full ammonia water) (in general use) a solution of ammonia gas in water. Etymology: mod.L f. SAL AMMONIAC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ammonia Am*mo"ni*a, n. [From sal ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See Ammoniac.] (Chem.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Ammonia is a colourless liquid or gas with a strong, sharp smell. It is used in making household cleaning substances.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Volatile alkali, ammoniacal gas, alkaline air.

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