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Webster 1913 Edition


Lixiviation

Lix-ivˊi-a′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
lixiviation
.]
Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lixiviation

LIXIVIA'TION

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Noun.
The operation or process of extracting alkaline salts from ashes by pouring water on them, the water passing through them imbibing the salts.

Definition 2024


lixiviation

lixiviation

English

Noun

lixiviation (countable and uncountable, plural lixiviations)

  1. The process of lixiviating.