- n. A salt, such as alum, that ionizes in solution as if it were two separate salts but forms a single substance upon crystallization.
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- n. A solid solution of two simple salts, often in a definite proportion
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- adj. A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium.
- n. a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under Double.
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- n. a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization