alkaligen

English

Etymology

From alkali +‎ -gen.

Noun

alkaligen (uncountable)

(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.

References

alkaligen in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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