alum – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: double salt,
al,
aluminium,
aluminum,
atomic number 13,
scholar,
scholarly person,
bookman,
student,
astringent drug,
astringent,
styptic
alum
n.
double sulfate, potash alum, astringent compound that is a hydrated double sulphate of aluminium and potassium (Chemistry)
Alum
alum
Noun
1. a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
(synonym) ammonia alum, ammonium alum
(hypernym) aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13
2. a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
(synonym) potassium alum, potash alum
(hypernym) aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13
3. a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
(synonym) alumnus, alumna, graduate, grad
(hypernym) scholar, scholarly person, student
(hyponym) Ivy Leaguer
4. a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
(hypernym) astringent, astringent drug, styptic
Alum
(v. t.)
To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
(n.)
A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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A type of immune adjuvant (a substance used to help boost the immune response to a vaccine). Also called aluminum sulfate.
