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母液 (ぼえき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

母ぼ液えき

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Meanings

1

mother liquor

Technical term in chemistry for the solution remaining after crystallization.

結けっ晶しょうをろ過かした後あと、母ぼ液えきにはまだ目もく的てきの物ぶっ質しつが溶とけている。

Kanji

母mother
液fluid, liquid, juice

Etymology

Compound of 母 (mother) and 液 (liquid), a calque of English 'mother liquor'.

After filtering the crystals, the target substance is still dissolved in the mother liquor.