Babo’s law
noun
(chem) the law stating that the vapour pressure of a solution is reduced in proportion to the amount of solute added
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babu. a Hindu title of address equivalent to Sir, Mr., or Esquire. a Hindu gentleman. a native Indian clerk who can write English. Usually Disparaging. any native Indian having only a limited knowledge of English. Historical Examples But baboo Dass swore he had seen a beast with his hands on the window. The Three Sapphires […]
- Baboon
any of various large, terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle, large cheek pouches, and a short tail. a coarse, ridiculous, or brutish person, especially one of low intelligence. Contemporary Examples “I find ‘the baboon’ suits him better than his real name,” she adds caustically. […]
- Baboonery
an uncouth, ridiculous, or brutish condition, attitude, or action. Historical Examples You smiled with satisfaction when you saw how great the improvement was that baboonery had made toward manhood. Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard But young Nap, now styled Administrator of the baboonery, was before him. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 423, January 1851 […]
- Baboos
babu. a Hindu title of address equivalent to Sir, Mr., or Esquire. a Hindu gentleman. a native Indian clerk who can write English. Usually Disparaging. any native Indian having only a limited knowledge of English. Contemporary Examples The few resident males are either biological sons or “baboos” (lovers) of the successful madams. ‘Whores’ Glory’: An […]
- Babouche
n. 1690s, from French babouche, from Arabic babush, from Persian papush, from pa “foot” (related to Avestan pad-, see foot (n.)) + posh “covering.” Arabic, lacking a -p-, regularly converts -p- in foreign words to -b-. Historical Examples Mouley came shuffling up in his babouche slippers and we both ordered another schooner of beer. I’m […]