(borax)
31Borax — Bor (chem. Grundstoff): Pers. būrah »borsaures Natron« wurde über arab. bawraq ins Mlat. als borax entlehnt. Dies lebt zum einen in unveränderter Form in Borax, der Bezeichnung eines als Waschmittel benutzten borhaltigen Minerals, weiter; zum… …
32borax — I. noun Etymology: Middle English boras, from Anglo French boreis, from Medieval Latin borac , borax, from Arabic būraq, from Persian būrah Date: 14th century a white crystalline compound that consists of a hydrated sodium borate Na2B4O7•10H2O,… …
33borax — bo|rax [ˈbo:ræks] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: boras, from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic buraq, from Persian burah] a mineral used for cleaning …
34Borax — Bo|rax der, österr. das; [es] <aus mlat. borax, dies über arab. bauraq aus pers. būrāh »borhaltiges Natron«> in großen Kristallen vorkommendes Natriumsalz der Tetraborsäure …
35borax — [[t]bɔ͟ːræks[/t]] N UNCOUNT Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical …
36borax — I bo•rax [[t]ˈbɔr æks, əks, ˈboʊr [/t]] n. pl. bo•rax•es, bo•ra•ces [[t]ˈbɔr əˌsiz, ˈboʊr [/t]] chem. a water soluble powder or crystals, hydrated sodium borate, Na2B4O7∙10H2O, used as a flux, as a cleansing agent, in glassmaking, and in tanning… …
37borax — boraksas statusas T sritis chemija formulė Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O atitikmenys: angl. borax; tincal rus. бура ryšiai: sinonimas – dinatrio tetraborato dekahidratas …
38borax — n. 1 the mineral salt sodium borate, occurring in alkaline deposits as an efflorescence or as crystals. 2 the purified form of this salt, used in making glass and china, and as an antiseptic. Etymology: ME f. OF boras f. med.L borax f. Arab.… …
39Borax bead — Borax Bo rax, n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b?rag, fr. Pers. b?rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels,… …
40Borax (disambiguation) — Borax may refer to:*Borax, a boron containing mineral *Borax Smith, Francis Marion Smith, an American business magnate *BORAX experiments, experimental nuclear reactors *Pacific Coast Borax Company …
