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Definition of Amphoteric
1. Adjective. Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Antonyms: Acidic, Alkaline
Definition of Amphoteric
1. a. Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
Definition of Amphoteric
1. Adjective. (chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic. ¹
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Definition of Amphoteric
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Amphoteric
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphoteric
Literary usage of Amphoteric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"The investigation by Winkelblech* of various amphoteric electrolytes, and the
subsequent application to his experimental figures of the theory of ..."
2. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"Aluminium Hydroxide an Amphoteric Hydroxide. — Whereas the hydroxides of the ...
it is an amphoteric hydroxide, the term " amphoteric " indicating the ..."
3. The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis: With Special Consideration of by Julius Stieglitz (1911)
"Aluminium Hydroxide an Amphoteric Hydroxide. — Whereas the hydroxides of the
alkali and alkaline earth metals are bases, pure and simple, ..."
4. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1921)
"Thus, the progressive neutralization of polybasic acids and of polyacid bases
has been studied in this way.1 Amphoteric electrolytes lend themselves readily ..."
5. Electro-chemistry by Robert Alfred Lehfeldt, T. S. Moore (1904)
"Such are known as amphoteric electrolytes. ... The amido acids have been more
fully investigated than other amphoteric electrolytes.2 The mode of ionisation ..."
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