单词 | lewisite |
释义 | lewisite[ loo-uh-sahyt ] / ˈlu əˌsaɪt / nouna pale yellow, odorless compound, C2H2AsCl3, used as a blister gas in World War I. Origin of lewisite1920–25; named after Winford Lee Lewis (1878–1943), American chemist who developed it; see -ite1 Words nearby lewisiteLewis base, lewis bolt, Lewis, C. S., Lewis gun, Lewisham, lewisite, Lewis, John L., Lewis Mountains, Lewisohn, Lewis Range, Lewis, Sinclair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lewisite
British Dictionary definitions for lewisitelewisite / (ˈluːɪˌsaɪt) / nouna colourless oily poisonous liquid with an odour resembling that of geraniums, having a powerful vesicant action and used as a war gas; 1-chloro-2-dichloroarsinoethene. Formula: ClCH:CHAsCl 2 Word Origin for lewisiteC20: named after W. L. Lewis (1878–1943), US chemist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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