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Definition: Potassium Hydroxide |
Potassium HydroxideNoun1. A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
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) |
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Synonyms: Potassium HydroxideSynonyms: caustic potash (n), potash (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Potassium Hydroxide |
| English words defined with "potassium hydroxide": acid value ♦ lye ♦ mercury cell ♦ Nesslerize, nickel-iron accumulator, nickel-iron battery ♦ Potassa, Potassoxyl ♦ Salicylic ♦ Xanthic acid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "potassium hydroxide": Caustics ♦ Daeves's reagent ♦ ester number ♦ Murakami's reagent. (references) |
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Health | Diagnosis can be confirmed by a potassium hydroxide smear. (references) | |
Fungal cultures, potassium hydroxide, and gram-stained smears are helpful diagnostic tools. (references) | ||
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
potassium hydroxide | 73 |
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| 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 potassa cáustica (caustic potash), hidróxido de potassio (E525), E525 (E525). (various references) potasa caustica (caustic potash), hidróxido potásico (E525), hidróxido de potasio, E525 (E525). (various references) kaliumhydroxid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 74 61 73 73 69 75 6D      48 79 64 72 6F 78 69 64 65 |
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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)P o t a s s i u m   H y d r o x i d e |
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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