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CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium hydroxide mean?
• CALCIUM HYDROXIDE (noun)
The noun CALCIUM HYDROXIDE has 1 sense:
1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Familiarity information: CALCIUM HYDROXIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A caustic substance produced by heating limestone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
calcium hydrate; calcium hydroxide; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime; lime hydrate; slaked lime
Hypernyms ("calcium hydroxide" is a kind of...):
hydrated oxide; hydroxide (a compound of an oxide with water)
Context examples
A resinous film-forming agent dissolved in a solvent or a calcium hydroxide suspension within a synthetic resin solution, which rapidly hardens into a firm mass upon administration.
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