释义 |
glauber's salt \-bə(r)(z)-\ noun also glauber salt Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after Johann R. Glauber died 1668 : the crystalline decahydrate Na2SO4.10H2O of sodium sulfate occurring naturally as mirabilite, obtained also from salt cake, and used chiefly in dyeing and in medicine as a laxative; sometimes : anhydrous sodium sulfate — sometimes used in plural |