Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound which may be considered as a product of the union of lead dioxid with the oxid of a more basic or electropositive metal: as, potassium plumbate, K2PbO3 or K2O.PbO2. Orthoplumbates and metaplumbates are known.
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- noun chemistry Any
compound containing the plumbate ion PbO32− or Pb(OH)62−.
Etymologies
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plumb- + -ate
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-- Among minor reagents suggested as purifying substances for acetylene may be mentioned potassium permanganate, barium peroxide, potassium bichromate, sodium plumbate and arsenious oxide.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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Sodium plumbate has been suggested by Morel, but it is
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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Under law’s marshall and warschouw did I thole till lead’s plumbate, ping on pang, reliefed me.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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