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Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
  2. adj. pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia
  3. Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas. Ammoniacal engine, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia is used as the motive force. -- Sal ammoniac Etym: [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called chloride of ammonium, and formerly muriate of ammonia.
  4. a pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia