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A strong, caustic alkali (NaOH) used in the manufacture of soap, detergents, paper, textiles and having many other industrial applications.
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: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caustic soda
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hydroxide, hydrated oxide, lye
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bengali:
সোডিয়াম হাইড্রোক্সাইড
(śōḍiẏam haiḍrōkśaiḍ)
— caustic alkali
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Catalan:
hidròxid de sodi
— caustic alkali
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Catalan:
sosa càustica
— caustic alkali
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Chinese Mandarin:
氫氧化鈉 /氢氧化钠
(qīngyǎnghuà nà)
— caustic alkali
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Czech:
hydroxid sodný
— caustic alkali
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Finnish:
natriumhydroksidi
— caustic alkali
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Finnish:
lipeä
— caustic alkali
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French:
hydroxyde de sodium
— caustic alkali
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Georgian:
ნატრიუმის ჰიდროქსიდი
(naṭriumis hidroksidi)
— caustic alkali
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German:
Natriumhydroxid
— caustic alkali
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Greek:
υδροξείδιο νατρίου
(ydroxeídio natríou)
— caustic alkali
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Hungarian:
nátrium-hidroxid
— caustic alkali
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Hungarian:
marónátron
— caustic alkali
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Hungarian:
nátronlúg
— caustic alkali
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Hungarian:
lúgkő
— caustic alkali
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Hungarian:
lúg
— caustic alkali
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Icelandic:
natríumhýdroxíð
— caustic alkali
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Indonesian:
natrium hidroksida
— caustic alkali
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Indonesian:
soda kaustik
— caustic alkali
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Irish:
hiodrocsaíd sóidiam
— caustic alkali
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Italian:
idrossido di sodio
— caustic alkali
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Japanese:
水酸化ナトリウム
(suisanka natoriumu)
— caustic alkali
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Malay:
natrium hidroksida
— caustic alkali
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Malay:
soda kaustik
— caustic alkali
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Māori:
konutai waihā
— caustic alkali
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Norwegian Bokmål:
natriumhydroksid
— caustic alkali
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kaustisk soda
— caustic alkali
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Norwegian Bokmål:
natronlut
— caustic alkali
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
natriumhydroksid
— caustic alkali
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kaustisk soda
— caustic alkali
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
natronlut
— caustic alkali
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Persian:
سدیم هیدروکسید
(sodiyom hidroksid)
— caustic alkali
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Persian:
سود
(sud)
— caustic alkali
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Polish:
wodorotlenek sodu
— caustic alkali
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Portuguese:
hidróxido de sódio
— caustic alkali
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Romanian:
hidroxid de sodiu
— caustic alkali
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Russian:
гидрокси́д на́трия
(gidroksíd nátrija)
— caustic alkali
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Russian:
е́дкий натр
(jédkij natr)
— caustic alkali
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Spanish:
hidróxido de sodio
— caustic alkali
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Spanish:
hidróxido sódico
— caustic alkali
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Swedish:
natriumhydroxid
— caustic alkali
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Tagalog:
sodyum haydroksad
— caustic alkali
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Thai:
โซเดียมไฮดรอกไซด์
— caustic alkali
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Thai:
โซดาไฟ
(so-da-fai)
— caustic alkali
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Turkish:
sodyum hidroksit
— caustic alkali
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Vietnamese:
natri hiđroxit
— caustic alkali
