Rochelle salt
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The double salt potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate (KNaC₄H₄O₆·4H₂O), used for various scientific and medical purposes.
"In fact, at the current state of knowledge and technology, probably only the simplest of the structures she worked on in Cambridge, Rochelle salt, could have been fully solved at the time."
- 2 a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic wordnet
Example
More examples"In fact, at the current state of knowledge and technology, probably only the simplest of the structures she worked on in Cambridge, Rochelle salt, could have been fully solved at the time."
Etymology
From La Rochelle in France.