# alembic

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈlɛm.bɪk/

## Definitions
1. An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.

## Etymology
From French alambic, from Medieval Latin alembīcus, from Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Doublet of ambix and lambic.

## Source
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