Ammonia is a colourless liquid or gas with a strong, sharp smell. It is used in making household cleaning substances.
ammonia in British English
(əˈməʊnɪə, -njə)
noun
1.
a colourless pungent highly soluble gas mainly used in the manufacture of fertilizers, nitric acid, and other nitrogenous compounds, and as a refrigerant and solvent. Formula: NH3
2.
a solution of ammonia in water, containing the compound ammonium hydroxide
Word origin
C18: from New Latin, from Latin (sal) ammōniacus (sal) ammoniac1
ammonia in American English
(əˈmoʊnjə; occas., əˈmoʊniə)
noun
1.
a colorless, pungent gas, NH3: its compounds are used as fertilizers, in medicine, etc.
2.
a 10% water solution of this gas
: in full ammonia water
Word origin
< sal ammoniac
ammonia in American English
(əˈmounjə, əˈmouniə)
noun Chemistry
1.
a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH3, usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents
2. Also called: ammonia solution, ammonia water, aqua ammoniae, aqua ammonia, aqueous ammonia
this gas dissolved in water; ammonium hydroxide
Word origin
[1790–1800; ‹ NL, so called as being obtained from sal ammoniac. See ammoniac]
Examples of 'ammonia' in a sentence
ammonia
They went down some rattling steps, then past a row of garbage cans into a long stone hallway that smelled like ammonia.
Rodriguez, Abraham SPIDERTOWN (1994)
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ammonia
British English: ammonia NOUN
Ammonia is a colourless liquid or gas with a strong, sharp smell.
American English: ammonia
Brazilian Portuguese: amônia
Chinese: 氨
European Spanish: amoníaco
French: ammoniaqueliquide
German: Ammoniak
Italian: ammoniaca
Japanese: アンモニア
Korean: > 암모니아 기체 혹은 액체
European Portuguese: amónia
Latin American Spanish: amoníaco
All related terms of 'ammonia'
ammonia clock
an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
aqua ammonia
a water solution of ammonia ; ammonia water; ammonium hydroxide
ammonia solution
Chemistry ammonia (sense 2 )
household ammonia
a dilute solution of ammonia in water for use in household cleaning
spirits of ammonia
a 10% solution of ammonia in alcohol
aluminum ammonium sulfate
a crystalline solid , AlNH 4 (SO 4 ) 2 ⋅12H 2 O, used chiefly as a size in the manufacture of paper; alum