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Meaning of Sulfate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsʌlfeɪt

Definitions

Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

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Equivalents

العربية كبرت
Català sulfat
Čeština síran sulfát
Deutsch Sulfat
Ελληνικά θειικός θειικός
Español sulfatar sulfato
Suomi sulfaatti
Magyar szulfát
Italiano solfato solfitare
日本語 硫酸
ქართული სულფატი
Nederlands sulfaat
Polski siarczan
Português sulfato
Română sulfat
Русский сульфат
Svenska sulfat
తెలుగు సల్ఫేటు
Türkçe sülfat
Tiếng Việt sunfat

Examples

“Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.”
“Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.”
“The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster.”
“The technique would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The scientists propose delivering the sulfates with specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns.”
“McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.”

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