sodium hydroxide
noun Chemistry.
a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, chips, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of other chemicals, rayon, film, soap, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as a caustic.
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Origin of sodium hydroxide
First recorded in 1880–85
Also called caustic soda, soda.
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British Dictionary definitions for sodium hydroxide
sodium hydroxide
noun
a white deliquescent strongly alkaline solid used in the manufacture of rayon, paper, aluminium, soap, and sodium compounds. Formula: NaOHAlso called: caustic soda See also lye
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Medicine definitions for sodium hydroxide
sodium hydroxide
n.
A strongly alkaline compound used externally.caustic soda
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Science definitions for sodium hydroxide
sodium hydroxide
A white, corrosive, solid compound that absorbs water and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and forms lye when in solution. Sodium hydroxide is toxic and strongly alkaline and is used to make chemicals and soaps and to refine petroleum. Chemical formula: NaOH.
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