Definition of Plumbic

1. Adjective. Relating to or consisting of lead.

Exact synonyms: Plumbous
Partainyms: Lead, Lead

Definition of Plumbic

1. a. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.

Definition of Plumbic

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Specifically, of compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plumbic

1. containing lead [adj]

Medical Definition of Plumbic

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide. Origin: From Plumbum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbic

plumbates
plumbean
plumbed
plumbeous
plumber
plumber's crack
plumber's friend
plumber's helper
plumber's snake
plumber block
plumberies
plumberless
plumbers
plumbery
plumbian
plumbic (current term)
plumbiferous
plumbing
plumbing fixture
plumbing snake
plumbing system
plumbingless
plumbings
plumbism
plumbisms
plumbite
plumbites
plumbline
plumblines
plumbness

Literary usage of Plumbic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller, Charles Edward Groves, Herbert McLeod (1878)
"When an acid solution of plumbic chloride is precipitated by a current of sulphuretted hydrogen, the precipitate which is first formed is of a bright red ..."

2. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"samples, but they may all be considered as compounds of plumbic oxide with ... Nitric acid decomposes red lead, dissolving out plumbic oxide from it, ..."

3. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"On treating a sample of the ammonium plumbic chloride with water, it decomposes immediately, ... Mix 20 g. of ammonium plumbic chloride thoroughly, ..."

4. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"On treating a sample of the ammonium plumbic chloride with water, it decomposes immediately, ... Mix 20 g. of ammonium plumbic chloride thoroughly, ..."

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