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Definition of Sulphurous
1. Adjective. Of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur.
2. Adjective. Harsh or corrosive in tone. "A vitriolic critique"
Similar to: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Acerbity, Acridity, Acridness, Bitterness, Virulence, Virulency, Vitriol
3. Adjective. Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. "The sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
Definition of Sulphurous
1. a. Of or pertaining to sulphur.
Definition of Sulphurous
1. Adjective. (chiefly British) alternative spelling of sulfurous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sulphurous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphurous
Literary usage of Sulphurous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"SULPHUR DIOXIDE or sulphurous ANHYDRIDE, SOa, is a colorless, non- inflammable
gas, which has the stifling odor of burning sulphur. ..."
2. A System of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius, John Lloyd Bullock (1860)
"sulphurous ACID. To estimate free sulphurous acid in a fluid which may contain
also other acids (sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, acetic acid), ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"We find that the volume of gas has not changed in consequence of this combustion,
and hence conclude that sulphurous acid gas contains a volume of oxygen ..."
4. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1836)
"Between sulphurous acid and hydric ether, which are the ingredients o" ...
The boiling point of sulphurous ether is lowered in proportion as the ratio of ..."
5. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1903)
"is, however, always well to satisfy one's self on this point by the addition of
sulphurous acid. d. From many basic radicals ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"At the same time they got about a drachm of the ordinary sulphurous acid mixed
with water as a drink every third hour. The result of this treatment was very ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"sulphurous acid in aqueous solution dissolves various phosphates without decomposing
them, even when the oxide forms with sulphurous acid an insoluble ..."
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