| 单词 |
formous |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † formose, formous, a. Obs.
Also 6 Sc. formois.
[ad. L. formōs-us beautiful, f. forma form: see -ose.]
Beautiful, comely.
14..Nine Ladies Worthie 27 in Chaucer's Wks. (1561) 342 Of all femine moste formous flour. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4003 Moises faire and formouse. 1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 104 Amang the flowris fresche, fragrant, & formose. 1567Satir. Poems Reform. iii. 59 Of face formois and vult heroycall. a1658Cleveland Vit. Uxoris iii. Wks. (1687) 267 If he chuse one most Formose, Ripe for't, shee'll prove libidinous. 1684I. Mather Remark. Provid. (1856) 175 The nymphs..were dæmons, presenting themselves in shapes very formose.
▪ II. formose, n. Chem.|ˈfɔːməʊz, -s|
[a. G. formose (O. Loew 1886, in Jrnl. f. prakt. Chemie XXXIII. 328), f. formaldehyde + -ose2.]
A mixture of hexose sugars, originally thought to be a single compound, produced by the condensation of formaldehyde in the presence of weak alkalis.
1886Jrnl. Chem. Soc. L. 610 Formose, C6H12O6, is obtained by shaking a 3·5 to 4 per cent. solution of formaldehyde with an excess of milk of lime. 1957J. C. Sowden in W. Pigman Carbohydrates ii. 103 Formaldehyde condenses in the presence of weak bases to form a complex mixture of sugars called formose or methose. 1969New Scientist 13 Nov. 342/3 NASA scientists are studying the formose sugar synthesis. |
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