alkaligen

English

Etymology

From alkali +‎ -gen.

Noun

alkaligen (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “alkaligen”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.