decinormal

American  

[des-uh-nawr-muhl] / ˌdɛs əˈnɔr məl /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. (of a solution) containing 1/10 (0.1) the equivalent weight of solute per liter of solution.

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Etymology

Origin of decinormal

First recorded in 1860–65; deci- + normal

Example Sentences

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decinormal

Any doctor can readily revive them by the injection of seven c.c. of decinormal potassium iodide solution for every 100 pounds of weight.

From The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell

Thus decinormal jelly solutions of barium chloride and sodium chloride, the latter containing a trace of sodium sulphate, were placed in contact.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various

K_2CrO_4 and four drops of decinormal silver nitrate, a brick-red colour appears.

From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser

Through the other opening passes a glass tube bent at an acute angle and connected by a short rubber tube to an adjoining flask, two-thirds filled with decinormal baryta solutions.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various

Run in from a burette decinormal sodic hydrate, to a faint pink color.

From The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes by Lewis Webb Hill