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English-Croatian chemistry dictionary. 2013.
impure substance
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impure — im|pure [ ım pjur ] adjective 1. ) an impure substance contains an amount of another substance, especially one that is less valuable or of lower quality: impure gold 2. ) OLD FASHIONED impure thoughts and actions are considered to be morally… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
impure — UK [ɪmˈpjʊə(r)] / US [ɪmˈpjʊr] adjective 1) an impure substance contains an amount of another substance, especially one that is less valuable or of lower quality impure gold 2) old fashioned impure thoughts and actions are considered to be… … English dictionary
impure — adjective 1 an impure substance has something else mixed with it, especially something of a lower quality: An added danger was that the group was using impure sodium chlorate in their bombs. opposite pure (1) 2 old fashioned or humorous impure… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
impure — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin impurus, from in + purus pure Date: 15th century not pure: as a. lewd, unchaste b. containing something unclean ; foul < impure water > c. ritually unclean … New Collegiate Dictionary
impure — im·pure ( )im pyu̇(ə)r adj not pure: as a) containing something unclean <impure water> b) mixed or impregnated with an extraneous and usu. unwanted substance: ADULTERATED <an impure chemical> … Medical dictionary
impure — [[t]ɪmpjʊ͟ə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A substance that is impure is not of good quality because it has other substances mixed with it. 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe thoughts and actions as impure, you mean they are concerned with sex and are morally… … English dictionary
impure — [ˌɪmˈpjʊə] adj containing another substance that should not be there … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Superheating — See superheater for the device used in steam engines. In physics, superheating (sometimes referred to as boiling retardation, or boiling delay) is the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its standard boiling point … Wikipedia
Assay — An assay is an analysis done to determine: {{}}The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance. Thus, an assay may be done for example to determine the level of thyroid hormones in the blood of a person suspected of being hypothyroid … Medical dictionary
Melting point — For the physical processes that takes place at the melting point, see Melting, Freezing and Crystallization The melting point of a solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. At the melting point the solid and liquid… … Wikipedia
do|pant — «DOH puhnt», noun. an impure substance added in very small amounts to a semiconductor to vary its conductive properties ╂[< dope verb, to treat or coat one substance with another + ant] … Useful english dictionary
