- Rochelle powder
- nounan effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic• Syn: ↑Seidlitz powder, ↑Seidlitz powders
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Rochelle powder
Look at other dictionaries:
Rochelle-powder — Rochelleˈ powder noun Seidlitz powder • • • Main Entry: ↑Rochelle … Useful english dictionary
Rochelle powder — /rəˈʃɛl paʊdə/ (say ruh shel powduh) noun → Seidlitz powder. {named after La Rochelle, a seaport in SW France} …
rochelle-powder — n. Seidlitz powder … New dictionary of synonyms
Rochelle salt — /rəˈʃɛl sɒlt/ (say ruh shel solt) noun a mixed tartrate of sodium and potassium, used as a laxative. {See Rochelle powder} …
Powder River Basin — The Powder River Basin The Powder River Basin is a geologic region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about 120 miles (190 km) east to west and 200 miles (320 km) north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies … Wikipedia
Rochelle salt — noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic • Syn: ↑Rochelle salts, ↑potassium sodium tartrate • Hypernyms: ↑double salt * * * Rochelle salt, a colorless or white, crystalline compound, potassium sodium tartrate, used as a… … Useful english dictionary
Rochelle salt — Chem., Pharm. a colorless or white, water soluble solid, KNaC4H4O6·4H2O, used in silvering mirrors, in the manufacture of Seidlitz powders and baking powder, and in medicine as a laxative. Also called potassium sodium tartrate. [1745 55; after LA … Universalium
Rochelle salt — Ro•chelle′ salt [[t]rəˈʃɛl, roʊ [/t]] n. chem. pha potassium sodium tartrate: a colorless or white, water soluble solid, KNaC4H4O6∙4H2O, used in silvering mirrors, in electronics, and as an ingredient in baking powder and laxatives • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
Rochelle salts — noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic • Syn: ↑Rochelle salt, ↑potassium sodium tartrate • Hypernyms: ↑double salt … Useful english dictionary
Seid|litz powder — or Seid|litz powders «SEHD lihts», a saline laxative consisting of two powders, one tartaric acid and the other a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (potassium sodium tartrate); Rochelle powder. These are dissolved separately, and… … Useful english dictionary
