sůl

See also: sul, Sul, súl, sùl, sül, -sul, and -sül

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /suːl/
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

sůl f

  1. salt (A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.)
  2. (chemistry) salt (One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.)
  3. (cryptography) salt (Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute-force decryption more difficult.)

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Further reading

  • sůl in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sůl in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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