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Definition: FIXED AIR |
FIXED AIR1. (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid , under Carbonic . |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fixed Air Carbonic dioxide gas. Dr. Black gave it this name, because carbonate of magnesia evolved by heat carbonic acid, that is, MgO. CO2 evolved CO2, thereby proving that CO2 (carbonic acid) is a "fixed air." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: FIXED AIR |
| Specialty definitions using "FIXED AIR": Aërated Water. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-i-i-r-x" | |
-2 letters: faired. | |
-3 letters: afire, aider, aired, deair, fader, fared, faxed, feria, fired, fixed, fixer, fried, irade, radii, radix, raxed, redia, refix. | |
-4 letters: aide, arid, axed, dare, deaf, dear, defi, dire, fade, fair, fard, fare, fear, fiar, fire, frae, idea, ired, irid, ixia, raid, read, reif, ride, rife. | |
-5 letters: aid, air, are, arf, axe, dex, die. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 58 45 44 41 49 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01011000 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000001 01001001 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I X E D   A I R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 0058 0045 0044 0041 0049 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40435839382354352 |
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