ambix
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”).
Noun[edit]
ambix (plural ambices)
- Synonym of alembic
- 2012, Bernard X Bovasso, Jung, Faust and the Devil: Return to Alexandria & the Voices of the Dead, page 126:
- The vapor condensed in the ambix, which was cooled with sponges, and a rim on the inside of the ambix collected the distillate and carried it to three copper delivery spouts fitted with receiving vessels.