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CALCIUM SULPHATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calcium sulphate mean?
• CALCIUM SULPHATE (noun)
The noun CALCIUM SULPHATE has 1 sense:
1. a white salt (CaSO4)
Familiarity information: CALCIUM SULPHATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white salt (CaSO4)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
calcium sulfate; calcium sulphate
Hypernyms ("calcium sulphate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calcium sulphate"):
gypsum (a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris))
plaster; plaster of Paris (any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs)
Context examples
A measurement of the calcium sulphate in a biological specimen.
(Calcium Sulphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the amount of calcium sulphate present in a sample.
(Calcium Sulphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
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