aludel

[ al-yoo-del ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. one of a series of pearshaped vessels of earthenware or glass, open at both ends and fitted one above the other, for recovering the sublimates produced during sublimation.

aludel

/ ˈæljʊˌdɛl /

noun

1. chem a pear-shaped vessel, open at both ends, formerly used with similar vessels for collecting condensates, esp of subliming mercury

Word History and Origins

Origin of aludel¹

1550–60; < Middle French < Spanish < Arabic al the + uthāl, variant of ithāl, plural of athlah piece of apparatus

Word History and Origins

Origin of aludel¹

C16: via Old French from Spanish, from Arabic al-uthāl the vessel

Example Sentences

In 1876, there were at Almaden, at the works at Buitrones, twenty such aludel furnaces and two Idria furnaces.

From Project Gutenberg

The first cost is stated to be more than ten times greater than that of an aludel furnace, while the capacity is only 50 per cent.

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