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Webster 1913 Edition


Subsalt

Sub′saltˊ

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
A basic salt. See the Note under
Salt
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Subsalt

SUB'SALT

,
Noun.
A salt with less acid than is sufficient to neutralize its radicals; or a salt having an excess of the base.

Definition 2024


subsalt

subsalt

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Adjective

subsalt (not comparable)

  1. Lying beneath a layer of salt.
    • 2008 January 11, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Hot Prospect for Oil’s Big League”, in New York Times:
      The subsalt basin that contains Tupi, the new deepwater field estimated to hold the equivalent of five billion to eight billion barrels of light crude oil, is creating a buzz among the world’s largest oil companies.

Noun

subsalt (plural subsalts)

  1. (chemistry, archaic) A basic salt.

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