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al•u•del
(al′yŏŏ del′),USA pronunciation n. [Chem.]
- Chemistryone of a series of pearshaped vessels of earthenware or glass, open at both ends and fitted one above the other, for recovering the sublimates produced during sublimation.
- Arabic al the + uthāl, variant of ithāl, plural of athlah piece of apparatus
- Spanish
- Middle French
- 1550–60