English Explanatory Dictionary

alkaligen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.

Word forms

alkaligen

Etymology

From alkali + -gen.

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