"potassium hydroxide" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} potassium hydroxide (uncountable)
  1. (inorganic chemistry) The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach. Wikipedia link: potassium hydroxide Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Inorganic compounds, Potassium Synonyms: caustic potash, potassa [obsolete] Hypernyms: lye Translations (potassium hydroxide): hidròxid de potassi [masculine] (Catalan), potassa càustica [feminine] (Catalan), hydroxid draselný [masculine] (Czech), kaliumhydroksidi (Finnish), hydroxyde de potassium [masculine] (French), potasse caustique [feminine] (French), Kaliumhydroxid [neuter] (German), Ätzkali [neuter] (German), kaustisches Kali [neuter] (German), υδροξείδιο του καλίου (ydroxeídio tou kalíou) [neuter] (Greek), दहातु उदजारेय (dahātu udjārey) (Hindi), kálium-hidroxid (Hungarian), marókáli (Hungarian), kálilúg (Hungarian), kalíumhýdroxíð [neuter] (Icelandic), idrossido di potassio [masculine] (Italian), 水酸化カリウム (suisanka kariumu) (Japanese), 苛性カリ (kaseikari) (Japanese), kaliumhydroksid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaliumhydroksid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wodorotlenek potasu [masculine] (Polish), hidróxido de potássio [masculine] (Portuguese), гидроксид калия (gidroksid kalija) [masculine] (Russian), hidróxido de potasio [masculine] (Spanish), potasa cáustica [feminine] (Spanish), kaliumhydroxid [common-gender] (Swedish), potasyum hidroksit (Turkish)
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