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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.


Etymology

Origin of decinormal

First recorded in 1860–65; deci- + normal

Example Sentences

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It is then titrated with decinormal silver nitrate till a drop of the solution is turned brown with neutral chromate.

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

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

Unfortunately, the term normal is sometimes given to solutions which are strictly decinormal; for example, iodine, sodium thiosulphate, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

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

A decinormal solution contains one-tenth of a gramme-molecule of the solute per litre, and a centinormal solution one-hundredth of a gramme-molecule.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

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