alkaligen

English edit

Etymology edit

From alkali +‎ -gen.

Noun edit

alkaligen (uncountable)

(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.

References edit

“alkaligen”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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