English-Thai Dictionary
alembic
N ภาชนะ แก้ว หรื อโลหะ ที่ ใช้ ใน การ กลั่น pha-cha-na-kaeo-rue-loha-ti-chai-nai-kan-klan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ALEMBIC
n. A chimical vessel used in distillation; usually made of glass or copper. The bottom part containing the liquor to be distilled, is called the cucurbit; the upper part which receives and condenses the stream, is called the head, the beak of which is fitted to the neck of a receiver. The head is more properly the alembic. This vessel is not so generally used now, as the worm still and retort.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ALEMBIC
A *lem "bic, n. Etym: [F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique ), Ar. al-anbiq,fr. Gr. alembic proper. Cf. Limbec. ]
Defn: An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.
New American Oxford Dictionary
alembic
a lem bic |əˈlembik əˈlɛmbɪk | ▶noun a distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a rounded, necked flask and a cap with a long beak for condensing and conveying the products to a receiver. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīḳ, from al- ‘the ’ + 'anbīḳ ‘still ’ (from Greek ambix, ambik- ‘cup, cap of a still ’).
Oxford Dictionary
alembic
alembic |əˈlɛmbɪk | ▶noun a distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a gourd-shaped container and a cap with a long beak for conveying the products to a receiver. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīq, from al- ‘the ’ + 'anbīq ‘still ’ (from Greek ambix, ambik- ‘cup, cap of a still ’).
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