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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

水酸化カルシウム

Pronunciation / Transliteration: suisanka karushiumu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Calcium hydroxide/ˈkæl.si.əm haɪˈdrɒk.saɪd/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"水酸化カルシウムは消石灰とも呼ばれます。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A strong chemical compound with the formula Ca(OH)2 produced by the action of water on calcium oxide.

    "Calcium hydroxide is commonly used in mortar, plaster, and various industrial applications."
  2. 2

    An aqueous solution of the compound, known as limewater, used as a chemical reagent and in dentistry.

    "The dentist applied a calcium hydroxide liner to protect the pulp of the tooth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin 'calcium' (from Latin 'calx', meaning lime) combined with 'hydroxide', a chemical term coined in the 19th century from 'hydrogen' and 'oxygen' with the suffix '-ide' denoting a binary compound. Historically known as slaked lime or hydrated lime, it has been utilized since antiquity in construction and agriculture.

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🇫🇷French → English

hydroxyde de calcium

Transliteration: /i.dʁɔ.ksi.də də kal.sjɔm/

"L'hydroxyde de calcium est utilisé dans la fabrication du mortier."

🇩🇪German → English

Calciumhydroxid

Transliteration: /ˈkaltsi̯umhʏdʁoˌksiːt/

"Calciumhydroxid wird häufig im Bauwesen als Kalkhydrat eingesetzt."

🇮🇹Italian → English

idrossido di calcio

Transliteration: /idˈrɔs.si.do di ˈkal.tʃjo/

"L'idrossido di calcio è noto anche come calce spenta."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

hidróxido de calcio

Transliteration: /iˈðɾoɣxiðo ðe ˈkalθjo/

"El hidróxido de calcio se emplea en tratamientos dentales."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

hidróxido de cálcio

Transliteration: /iˈdɾɔksiDu dʒi ˈkausiu/

"O hidróxido de cálcio é fundamental na preparação de argamassa."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

कैल्शियम हाइड्रोक्साइड

Transliteration: kailshiyam haidroksaid

"कैल्शियम हाइड्रोक्साइड का उपयोग निर्माण कार्यों में किया जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

氢氧化钙

Transliteration: qīng yǎng huà gài

"氢氧化钙在工业上常被称为熟石灰。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

수산화칼슘

Transliteration: susanhwakalssum

"수산화칼슘은 소석회라고도 불립니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

水酸化カルシウム

Transliteration: suisanka karushiumu

"水酸化カルシウムは消石灰とも呼ばれます。"

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