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Potassium Hydroxide

Definition: Potassium Hydroxide

Potassium Hydroxide

Noun

1. A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Potassium Hydroxide

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

A chemical compound that-mixed with water-is the electrolyte(potash lye)in nickel-cadmium and alkaline manganese cells. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A toxic and highly corrosive chemical used to make soap, in bleaching, and as a paint remover. It is used in small amounts as a food additive and in the preparatrion of some drugs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Potassium Hydroxide

Synonyms: caustic potash (n), potash (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Potassium Hydroxide

English words defined with "potassium hydroxide": acid valuelyemercury cellNesslerize, nickel-iron accumulator, nickel-iron batteryPotassa, PotassoxylSalicylicXanthic acid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "potassium hydroxide": CausticsDaeves's reagentester numberMurakami's reagent. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Potassium Hydroxide

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Potassium Hydroxide (Caustic Potash) and Peroxides of Sodium or Potassium: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Potassium Hydroxide

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Diagnosis can be confirmed by a potassium hydroxide smear. (references)

Fungal cultures, potassium hydroxide, and gram-stained smears are helpful diagnostic tools. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Potassium Hydroxide

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

potassium hydroxide

73
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Modern Translation: Potassium Hydroxide

Language Translations for "potassium hydroxide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kaliumhydroxyd, kaliumhydroxid (caustic potash), E525. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kaliumhydroxide, kaliloog (caustic potash), E525, bijtende potas, bijtende kali. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaliumhydroksidi. (various references)

   

French

  

potasse caustique (caustic potash), hydroxyde de potassium, E525. (various references)

   

German

  

Kaliumhydroxid (caustic potash, E525), Kalilauge (caustic potash), E525 (E525). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καυστικό κάλιο, καυστική ποτάσσα (caustic potash), υδροξείδιο του καλίου (caustic potash, E525), E525 (E525). (various references)

   

Italian

  

potassio idrato (caustic potash), potassa caustica (caustic potash), idrossido di potassio (E525), idrato potassio (caustic potash), idrato di potassio (E525), E525 (E525). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otassiumpay ydroxidehay

   

Portuguese

  

potassa cáustica (caustic potash), hidróxido de potassio (E525), E525 (E525). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

potasa caustica (caustic potash), hidróxido potásico (E525), hidróxido de potasio, E525 (E525). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kaliumhydroxid. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Potassium Hydroxide

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-h-i-i-m-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-u-x-y"

-5 letters: disauthorised, mediatorships.

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Alternative Orthography: Potassium Hydroxide


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 74 61 73 73 69 75 6D      48 79 64 72 6F 78 69 64 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01110100 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110101 01101101 00100000 01001000 01111001 01100100 01110010 01101111 01111000 01101001 01100100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#116 &#97 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#117 &#109 &#32 &#72 &#121 &#100 &#114 &#111 &#120 &#105 &#100 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0074 0061 0073 0073 0069 0075 006D      0048 0079 0064 0072 006F 0078 0069 0064 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5081866785857587792429170848190757071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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