alban
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French albane (in the form alban, respelt after the German Alban), from the Latin albus (“white”) + the French -ane (“-an”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ălʹbən, IPA(key): /ˈalbən/, [ˈalbn̩]
Noun
alban (uncountable)
- (chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
Translations
white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for alban in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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