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A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)2, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slaked lime, cal
Antonyms: none provided
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hydroxide, hydrated oxide
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Assamese:
চূণ
(sun)
— chemical compound
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Catalan:
hidròxid de calci
— chemical compound
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Catalan:
calç morta
— chemical compound
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Catalan:
calç apagada
— chemical compound
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Chinese Mandarin:
氫氧化鈣 /氢氧化钙
(qīngyǎnghuàgài)
— chemical compound
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Czech:
hydroxid vápenatý
— chemical compound
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Dutch:
calciumhydroxide
— chemical compound
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Dutch:
gebluste kalk
— chemical compound
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Esperanto:
kalcia hidroksido
— chemical compound
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Finnish:
sammutettu kalkki
— chemical compound
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Finnish:
kalsiumhydroksidi
— chemical compound
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French:
chaux éteinte
— chemical compound
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German:
Calciumhydroxid
— chemical compound
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German:
Löschkalk
— chemical compound
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German:
Kalkhydrat
— chemical compound
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German:
Weißkalkhydrat
— chemical compound
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German:
Sumpfkalk
— chemical compound
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Greek:
υδροξείδιο του ασβεστίου
(ydroxeídio tou asvestíou)
— chemical compound
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Hungarian:
kalcium-hidroxid
— chemical compound
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Icelandic:
kalsíumhýdroxíð
— chemical compound
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Italian:
calce spenta
— chemical compound
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Japanese:
水酸化カルシウム
(suisanka karushiumu)
— chemical compound
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Korean:
수산화 칼슘
(susanhwa kalsyum)
— chemical compound
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Malayalam:
ചുണ്ണാമ്പ്
(cuṇṇāmpŭ)
— chemical compound
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Malayalam:
കാൽസ്യം ഹൈഡ്രോക്സൈഡ്
(kālsyaṁ haiḍrōksaiḍŭ)
— chemical compound
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Māori:
konupūmā waihā
— chemical compound
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Polish:
wodorotlenek wapnia
— chemical compound
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Portuguese:
hidróxido de cálcio
— chemical compound
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Romanian:
var stins
— chemical compound
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Spanish:
hidróxido de calcio
— chemical compound
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Turkish:
kalsiyum hidroksit
— chemical compound
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Turkish:
sönmüş kireç
— chemical compound
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Turkish:
kireç sütü
— chemical compound
