ammoniacal, a.
(æməˈnaɪəkəl)
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of ammonia.
| 1732 Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 268 Jellies made of the solid parts of Animals contain a sort of ammoniacal Salt. 1798 Phil. Trans. LXXXVIII. 20 The mixture..emitted ammoniacal gaz. 1813 Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. 301 A bitter extract, which affords Ammoniacal fumes. 1818 Faraday Exp. Res. vii. 19 They gave off much ammoniacal gas. 1833 Brewster Nat. Magic v. 113 A solution of the ammoniacal carbonate of copper. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 75 The ammoniacal liquors of the gasworks. |