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Meaning of गंधक in English

  • Sulphur; See Sulphur.
  • Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.
  • A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
  • Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
  • Cold.
  • The coloring matter of fustet.
  • A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds. Cf. Thio-.
  • of Sulphurate
  • An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
  • The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated.
  • The quality or state of being sulphureous.
  • Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
  • The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.

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