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sodium sulfite

sodium sulfite noun: the sodium salt of sulfurous acid, Na₂SO₃, used as a food preservative, in photography and in many industrial applications.

Noun

sodium sulfite (plural sodium sulfites)

  1. The sodium salt of sulfurous acid, Na₂SO₃, used as a food preservative, in photography and in many industrial applications.

Forms of sodium sulfite

pluralsodium sulfites
alternative formsodium sulphite

Questions about sodium sulfite

What does sodium sulfite mean?
Sodium sulfite means the sodium salt of sulfurous acid, Na₂SO₃, used as a food preservative, in photography and in many industrial applications.
What part of speech is sodium sulfite?
Sodium sulfite is a noun.
What is the plural of sodium sulfite?
The plural of sodium sulfite is sodium sulfites.

Words near sodium sulfite in the dictionary

  1. sodium stearate
  2. sodium stearates
  3. sodium stibogluconate
  4. sodium sulfate
  5. sodium sulfide
  6. sodium sulfite
  7. sodium sulfites
  8. sodium sulphate
  9. sodium sulphide
  10. sodium sulphite
  11. sodium sulphites

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