Definition of Boracic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron. "Boric acid"

Exact synonyms: Boric
Partainyms: Boron, Boron
Derivative terms: Boron

Definition of Boracic

1. a. Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

Definition of Boracic

1. Adjective. (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to boron alias borax. ¹

2. Adjective. (Cockney rhyming slang) penniless ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boracic

1. boric [adj] - See also: boric

Medical Definition of Boracic

1. Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. Origin: Cf. F. Boracique. See Borax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boracic

bopped
bopper
boppers
boppier
boppiest
bopping
boppish
boppy
bops
bor
bora
boraces
borachio
borachios
borachte
boracic (current term)
boracic acid
boraciferous
boracite
boracites
boracous
borage
borage family
borages
boragewort
borageworts
boraginaceous
boragineous
borak
boraks

Literary usage of Boracic

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"boracic acid lias, for the last ten years, held a place amongst our antiseptics, ... The one was a mixture of one part of boracic acid with one part of alum ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"Obtained by heating cream of tartar for some time with water and boracic acid, ... boracic acid is rendered much more soluble in water by the presence of ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"boracic ACID IN THE SEA-WATER OF THE PACIFIC. At a recent meeting of the California Academy of Natural Sciences, the following paper on the above subject ..."

4. A System of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, Samuel William Johnson (1871)
"boracic ACID. This method of separating the phosphoric acid from the bases is highly to be recommended; especially in cases where a small quantity of ..."

5. Elements of Inorganic Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science by Thomas Graham (1858)
"A corresponding fluoride of boron evolved from boracic acid, ignited with the ... Both of th< gases are decomposed by water, boracic acid being formed with ..."

6. Manual of qualitative chemical analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1866)
"All monobasic phosphates yield upon fusion with carbonate of soda tribasic phosphate of soda. § 14?- b. boracic ACID (B O3). 1. boracic ACID, in the ..."

7. Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics by Michael Faraday (1859)
"boracic Acid, action on Turmeric*. IT may be observed, in connexion with the changes of colour produced by acids, that boracic acid reddens turmeric paper ..."

8. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1823)
"At the temperature of 302° Fahr. the mixture became suddenly red, and the metal disappeared by acting on. the boracic acid. By washing the residuum with ..."

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