释义 |
† alkaligen Chem. Obs. [a. Fr. alcaligène, f. alkali + -gene, taken to signify ‘producer.’] A name proposed for nitrogen.
1790Kerr tr. Lavoisier's Chem. 52 It was at first proposed to call it alkaligen gas, as..it appears to enter into the composition of ammoniac or volatile alkali. 1879Syd. Soc. Lex., Alkaligene, nitrogen, because it is a chief constituent of ammonia. |