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English
Image:Distillation by Alembic.PNG|thumb|An alembic
Etymology
From Old French (French alambic), from mediæval Latin alembicus, from Arabic ARchar|أ�ب��|أ��ب��� �still�, from Greek αμβιξ �cup�, �cap of a still�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /�'l�mbɪk/
Noun
en-noun
- An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation
#:*1973: We of all magical precipitates out of Europe�s groaning, clouded alembic, we are the thinnest, the most dangerous, the handiest to secular uses � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity�s Rainbow
Translations
Italian: alambicco m
ar:alembic
io:alembic
te:alembic
vi:alembic
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