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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of Victorian seltzer bottle, consisting of two mesh-encased glass globes arranged so that a reaction between tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate produced carbon dioxide gas which carbonated the enclosed beverage and expelled it through a siphon valve. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

seltzogeneseltzogene

Etymology

From gas + -o- + -gene.

Related phrases

carbon dioxideseltzer bottlesodium bicarbonatetartaric acid

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