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Meaning of SAL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \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}.]
    
  2. \Sal\ (s[a^]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
    Salt.
    {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
       carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
       Absinthium}).
    {Sal acetosell[ae]} [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       originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the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 gemm[ae]} [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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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].

3. SPARK Annotation Language.

ICL, Ltd. Used in the verification of SPARK programs against Z specifications.

 
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