Soda

8 definitions found

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

  Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
     glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
     probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.]
     1. (Chem.)
        (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
        (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium


            bicarbonate is also called {baking soda}
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. same as {sodium}, used in terms such as {bicarbonate of
        soda}.
        [PJC]
  
     3. same as {soda water}.
        [PJC]
  
     4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
        containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
        dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
        opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
        also {soda pop}, {pop}, {mineral water}, and {minerals}.
        It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
        such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
        saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
        popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
        [PJC]
  
     {Caustic soda}, sodium hydroxide.
  
     {Cooking soda}, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
  
     {Sal soda}. See {Sodium carbonate}, under {Sodium}.
  
     {Soda alum} (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
        sulphate of alumina and soda.
  
     {Soda ash}, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
        formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
        other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola}). See under {Sodium}.
        
  
     {Soda fountain}, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
        with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
  
     {Soda lye}, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
        sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
  
     {Soda niter}. See {Nitratine}.
  
     {Soda salts}, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
        sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
  
     {Soda waste}, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
        calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
        useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
        process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali
        waste}.
  
     {Washing soda}, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Soda pop \So"da pop\, n.
     a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
     containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide,
     so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in
     different localities it is variously called also {soda},
     {pop}, {mineral water}, and {minerals}. It has many variants.
     The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or
     corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame.
     The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit
     juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop
     is usually served chilled.
  
     Note: Several large corporations started primarily as
           bottlers of soda pop, such as {Coca-Cola},
           {Pepsi-Cola}, and {Dr. Pepper}.
           [PJC]

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

  Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.)
     A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature
     always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
     It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so
     highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to
     be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar
     liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free
     state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals
     (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
     product. Symbol Na ({Natrium}). Atomic weight 22.990.
     Specific gravity 0.97.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually
        produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which
        is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
  
     {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance,
        {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in
        the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in
        large quantities from common salt. It is used in making
        soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many
        chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing
        soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, and {Trona}.
        
  
     {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}.
  
     {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH},
        having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of
        quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium
        carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the
        manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc.
        Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By
        extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  soda
       n 1: a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders
            and glass and paper [syn: {sodium carbonate}, {washing
            soda}, {sal soda}, {soda ash}]
       2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in
          New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: {pop}, {soda pop},
           {soda water}, {tonic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "soda":
     Foamite, acid, alcoholic drink, automatic sprinkler, beverage,
     carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, deck gun,
     deluge set, drink, drinkable, extinguisher, fire apparatus,
     fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant, fireplug, foam,
     foam extinguisher, frosted, frosted shake, hook-and-ladder,
     ladder pipe, liquid, liquor, malt, pop, potable, potation, pumper,
     shake, snorkel, soda pop, soda water, soft drink, sprinkler,
     sprinkler head, sprinkler system, super-pumper, tonic, water,
     water cannon, wet blanket
  
  

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

  SODA
       Simplified OS for Distributed Applications (OS)
       
       

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

  SODA
       System Optimization and Design Algorithm
       
       

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

  SODA
       
          Symbolic Optimum DEUCE Assembly Program.
       
          The symbolic {assembler} for a {one-level storage} {virtual
          machine} for the {English ELectric} {DEUCE}.
       
          ["SODA Manual of Operation", R. C. Brigham and C. G. Bell,
          School of Elec Eng, U New S Wales, Sydney, NSW (1958)].
       
          (1994-11-04)