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Definition of Limewater
1. Noun. Solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid.
Definition of Limewater
1. n. Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.
Definition of Limewater
1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations ¹
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Definition of Limewater
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limewater
Literary usage of Limewater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Sanitary and Applied Chemistry: Or, The Chemistry of Water by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1906)
"Through the other opening in the flask put a cork and glass tube, and aspirate
air through the limewater. Place a lighted candle beneath the funnel, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Science: A First Course in Science for High by Wayne Prescott Smith, Edmund Gale Jewett (1918)
"Now scientists have discovered that limewater renders visible another of the ...
Pour a small quantity of limewater into the bottle and mix the contents by ..."
3. The Eclectic practice of medicine by John Milton Scudder (1888)
"... and limewater will answer the best purpose. The patient must lie quiet in bed,
iu one position, and all causes of excitation must be carefully avoided. ..."
4. A New and Comprehensive System of Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Arranged by Charles Julius Hempel (1859)
"A lime liniment will prove a very excellent application under such circumstances.
limewater may be shaken with sweet or ..."
5. Systematic Science Teaching: A Manual of Inductive Elementary Work for All by Edward Gardiner Howe (1894)
"Give each pupil an 8-ounce bottle with 2 cm. of limewater in it, ... This is
limewater in your bottles, such as you can often see in a mortar (or plaster) ..."
6. A Laboratory Outline of Elementary Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1914)
"Place 10 cc of limewater in a 250 cc bottle. Burn a splinter of wood in the
bottle, taking care not to drop any ashes into the liquid. ..."
7. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"A computation based on the total amount of limewater used showed that each pot
must have ... An analysis of the soil in one of the pots after the limewater ..."
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