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The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caustic potash, potassa
Antonyms: none provided
a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: potash, caustic potash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hydroxide, hydrated oxide, lye
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կալիումի հիդրօքսիդ
(kaliumi hidrōkʻsid)
— potassium hydroxide
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Catalan:
hidròxid de potassi
— potassium hydroxide
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Catalan:
potassa càustica
— potassium hydroxide
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Czech:
hydroxid draselný
— potassium hydroxide
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Estonian:
kaaliumhüdroksiid
— potassium hydroxide
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Finnish:
kaliumhydroksidi
— potassium hydroxide
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French:
hydroxyde de potassium
— potassium hydroxide
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French:
potasse caustique
— potassium hydroxide
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Georgian:
კალიუმის ჰიდროქსიდი
(ḳaliumis hidroksidi)
— potassium hydroxide
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German:
Kaliumhydroxid
— potassium hydroxide
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German:
Ätzkali
— potassium hydroxide
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German:
kaustisches Kali
— potassium hydroxide
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Greek:
υδροξείδιο του καλίου
(ydroxeídio tou kalíou)
— potassium hydroxide
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Hindi:
दहातु उदजारेय
(dahātu udjārey)
— potassium hydroxide
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Hungarian:
kálium-hidroxid
— potassium hydroxide
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Hungarian:
marókáli
— potassium hydroxide
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Hungarian:
kálilúg
— potassium hydroxide
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Icelandic:
kalíumhýdroxíð
— potassium hydroxide
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Italian:
idrossido di potassio
— potassium hydroxide
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Japanese:
水酸化カリウム
(suisanka kariumu)
— potassium hydroxide
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Japanese:
苛性カリ
(kaseikari)
— potassium hydroxide
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kaliumhydroksid
— potassium hydroxide
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kaliumhydroksid
— potassium hydroxide
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Polish:
wodorotlenek potasu
— potassium hydroxide
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Portuguese:
hidróxido de potássio
— potassium hydroxide
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Russian:
гидроксид калия
(gidroksid kalija)
— potassium hydroxide
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Spanish:
hidróxido de potasio
— potassium hydroxide
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Spanish:
potasa cáustica
— potassium hydroxide
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Swedish:
kaliumhydroxid
— potassium hydroxide
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Turkish:
potasyum hidroksit
— potassium hydroxide
