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na⋅tron

  [ney-tron, -truhn]
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–noun
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na2CO3·10H2O.
Origin:
1675–85; < F < Sp < Ar naṭrūn, var. of niṭrūn < Gk nítron niter; cf. also Egyptian ntry, Heb nether
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na·tron   (nā'trŏn', -trən)   
n.  A mineral of hydrous sodium carbonate, Na2CO3·10H2O, often found crystallized with other salts.

[French, from Spanish natrón, from Arabic naṭrūn, niter, from Greek nitron; see niter.]
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Natron

Na"tron\, n. [F., fr. Sp. natron, Ar. natr[=u]n, nitr[=u]n. Cf. Niter, Anatron.] (Min.) Native sodium carbonate. [Written also anatron.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : natron
Spanish: sosa,
German: das Soda,
Japanese: (炭酸)ソーダ
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