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Benedict's solution

Benedict's solution proper noun: a solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulfate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose.

Proper noun

Benedict's solution

  1. (physical) A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulfate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose.

Origin of Benedict's solution

After an American chemist, Stanley Rossiter Benedict.

Questions about Benedict's solution

What does Benedict's solution mean?
Benedict's solution means a solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulfate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose.
What part of speech is Benedict's solution?
Benedict's solution is a proper noun.

Words near Benedict's solution in the dictionary

  1. benedict
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  4. Benedict College
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  6. Benedict's solution
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  8. Benedict's tests
  9. Benedicta
  10. benedicted
  11. Benedictin

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