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repressor

(Encyclopedia)repressor: see nucleic acid.

RNA

(Encyclopedia)RNA: see nucleic acid.

codon

(Encyclopedia)codon: see nucleic acid.

DNA

(Encyclopedia)DNA: see nucleic acid.

oleum

(Encyclopedia)oleum: see sulfuric acid.

vitriol

(Encyclopedia)vitriol: see sulfuric acid.

monosodium glutamate

(Encyclopedia)monosodium glutamate: see glutamic acid. ...

contact process

(Encyclopedia)contact process: see sulfuric acid. ...

coagulation

(Encyclopedia)coagulation kōăgˌyo͞olāˈshən [key], the collecting into a mass of minute particles of a solid dispersed throughout a liquid (a sol), usually followed by the precipitation or separation of the s...

Ostwald, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Ostwald, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm ôstˈvält [key], 1853–1932, German physical chemist and natural philosopher, b. Riga, Latvia. He was professor of chemistry and director of the chemical laboratory (18...