Sal

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sal \Sal\ (s[add]l), n. [Hind. s[=a]l, Skr. [,c][=a]la.] (Bot.)
     An East Indian timber tree ({Shorea robusta}), much used for
     building purposes. It is of a light brown color,
     close-grained, heavy, and durable. [Written also {saul}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sal \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
     Salt.
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     {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
        carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
        Absinthium}).
  
     {Sal acetosellae} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
  
     {Sal alembroth}. (Old Chem.) See {Alembroth}.
  
     {Sal ammoniac} (Chem.), ammonium chloride, {NH4Cl}, a white
        crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
        obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
        is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
        and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
        originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
        temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
        ammonia}.
  
     {Sal catharticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
  
     {Sal culinarius} [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
        chloride.
  
     {Sal Cyrenaicus}. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac} above.
        
  
     {Sal de duobus}, {Sal duplicatum} [NL.] (Old Chem.),
        potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
        supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
        alkaline.
  
     {Sal diureticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
        
  
     {Sal enixum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
  
     {Sal gemmae} [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
        
  
     {Sal Jovis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
        -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
  
     {Sal Martis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
        sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
  
     {Sal microcosmicum} [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Microcosmic salt},
        under {Microcosmic}.
  
     {Sal plumbi} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
  
     {Sal prunella}. (Old Chem.) See {Prunella salt}, under 1st
        {Prunella}.
  
     {Sal Saturni} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
        acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
     {Sal sedativus} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
        acid.
  
     {Sal Seignette} [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
        Rochelle salt.
  
     {Sal soda} (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under {Sodium}.
  
     {Sal vitrioli} [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
        sulphate.
  
     {Sal volatile}. [NL.]
     (a) (Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac}, above.
     (b) Spirits of ammonia.
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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAL
       System Abstraction Layer
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAL
       Security Access List
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAL
       Semware Applications Language (Semware)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAL
       Symbolic Assembly Language (assembler)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SAL
       
          1. {Single Assignment Language}.
       
          2. Simple Actor Language.
       
          A minimal {actor} language, used for pedagogical purposes in:
       
          ["Actors, A Model of Concurrent Computation in Distributed
          Systems", G. Agha, MIT Press 1986].
       
          (1994-12-08)
       
          3. SPARK Annotation Language.
       
          {ICL}, Ltd.  Used in the verification of {SPARK} programs
          against {Z} specifications.
       
          (1994-12-08)