Etymology

poh

P3O1H4

Today it means: The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter. Full definition →

German Pfau
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pOH · noun1

From p, denoting negative logarithm, and OH, denoting the hydroxyl radical.

Poh · proper noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromPfau“peacock”
  2. English todayPoh

From a dialect word for standard German Pfau (“peacock”), or Hokkien 傅 (Pò͘).

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