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| | anticorrosive | (แอนทีคะโร' ซิฟว) adj., n. ซึ่งป้องกันหรือต้านการสึกกร่อน, กันสนิม, สารที่ฤทธิ์ดังกล่าว | | corrosive | (คะโร'ซิฟว) adj. ซึ่งกัดกร่อน, ซึ่งเผาผลาญ, ซึ่งทำให้ผุพัง. n. สิ่งกัดกร่อน (เช่นกรด), See also: corrosiveness n. ดูcorrosive, Syn. scathing |
| | | | | | | | Corrosive | a. [ Cf. F. corrosif. ] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. “Corrosive liquors.” Grew. “Corrosive famine.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. [ 1913 Webster ] Care is no cure, but corrosive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Corrosive sublimate (Chem.), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Corrosive | n. 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Corrosives ] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. [ 1913 Webster ] Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. Hooker. -- Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. -- Cor*ro"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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