cryoscopicadj.
/ˌkrʌɪə(ʊ)ˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /ˌkraɪəˈskɑpɪk/ Chemistry.
Of or relating to cryoscopy; involving use of a cryoscope.
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alcoometrical1807
alkalimetrical1807
alcoholometrical1839
alkalimetric1844
alcoholimetric1846
alcoholometric1849
cryoscopic1885
1885 Nature 3 Dec. 120/1 Application of the cryoscopic method to the determination of molecular weights, by M. F. M. Raoult.
1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Jan. (Epitome)1/2 In renal disease there is a lowering of the kryoscopic index of the urine.
1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. xxiv. 505 The depression is a constant, characteristic of the particular solvent; it is called the molecular depression constant or cryoscopic constant.
1999 Competition Sci. Vision July 617/2 Cryoscopic measurements can be used to find if a molecule dissociates and how many ions are formed.
Derivatives
ˌcryoˈscopically adv. by means of cryoscopy.
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cryoscopically1892
plethysmographically1897
turbidimetrically1918
sublethally1922
1892 Amer. Chem. Jrnl. 14 597 Elbs has determined the solubility of para-anthracene in various solvents, and cryoscopically its molecular mass.
1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxv. 336 The molecular weight of both forms, determined cryoscopically with phosphoryl chloride, POCl3, as solvent, corresponds with the formula SO3.
2001 R. Glaser Biophysics (rev. ed.) iii. 138 True solutions are most simply and most accurately measured cryoscopically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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