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Definition of Dibasic
1. a. Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid, Bibasic.
Definition of Dibasic
1. Adjective. (chemistry) (''of an acid'') containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms ¹
2. Adjective. (chemistry) (''of a salt'') having two atoms of a univalent metal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dibasic
1. having two replaceable hydrogen atoms [adj]
Medical Definition of Dibasic
1. An acid which has two hydrogen atoms that it can donate to bases to form salts. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dibasic
Literary usage of Dibasic
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 (1908)
"It is generally believed that dibasic acids ionize in two stages, thus: H2X ^±
H + HX and HX ^± H -f X. From a study of the conductivities of dibasic acids, ..."
2. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1913)
"When the aqueous solution of an ester-salt of a dibasic acid is ... By this method
it is possible to synthesize the higher dibasic acids from the lower. ..."
3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"X. dibasic ACIDS. dibasic acids are those which are capable of forming two ...
The dibasic acids proper are characterized theoretically by the presence of ..."
4. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"dibasic Acids.—If we consider what compounds ci formed when the hydrogen of the
sulphuretted hydrogen is rep by metals, cy sodium, we find there are hw ..."
5. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"ACIDS OF THE SERIES C,,H2n - 204, dibasic ACIDS The dibasic acids belonging to
this series have been isolated from Japan wax (see Vol. II. Chap. XIV. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1865)
"The utmost that can be said is, that the difference of properties exhibited by
eth viene and ethyl in their behaviour with dibasic acids, is not paralleled ..."
7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"... Phthalic acid is dibasic, and Hofmann has suggested that it may form one member
of a series of acids which would bear the same relation to the monobasic ..."
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