Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A colorless hydrated sodium sulfate, Na2SO4·10H2O, used in paper and glass manufacturing and as a cathartic and diuretic.
Wiktionary
- n. inorganic chemistry sodium sulphate decahydrate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called “
salts .” - n. See in Vocabulary.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Na2SO4.10H2O) a colorless salt used as a cathartic
Etymologies
- From the surname of the German iatrochemist Johann Glauber, who manufactured sodium sulphate in 1656, and salt. (Wiktionary)
- After Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604-1668), German chemist. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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