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Definition of Polyacid
1. a. Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases.
Definition of Polyacid
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monobasic acid; having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; as, calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases. ¹
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Definition of Polyacid
1. having several replaceable hydrogen atoms [adj]
Medical Definition of Polyacid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyacid
Literary usage of Polyacid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1859)
"A THEORY of the polyacid bases is a necessary complement to that of the polybasic
acids. If we define an acid to be a body containing one or more ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1859)
"A THEORY of the polyacid bases is a necessary complement to that of the polybasic
acids. If we define an acid to be a body containing one or more ..."
3. The Chemical Gazette (1857)
"A polybasic acid, as, for example, tartaric acid, may unite with two different
bases at once, and we now learn that a polyacid base may in like manner unite ..."
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