mother liquor

American  

noun

1. the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.

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Etymology

Origin of mother liquor

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

The crystals were mounted and sealed in capillaries in the mother liquor or covered in Paratone, measured at room temperature and at 100 K and crystals of various sizes were used.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017

This is discussed above with reference to the instability of the crystals outside the mother liquor.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017

It will absorb this, and thus be enabled to renew its evolution and growth when put back again into the original mother liquor.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

This mother liquor may be used in setting the vat as follows.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

Thus the presence of a nitrate in the mother liquor tends to produce points or thorns.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane