Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a class of substances whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a sour taste, the ability to turn blue litmus red, and the ability to react with bases and certain metals to form salts.
- noun A substance that yields hydrogen ions when dissolved in water.
- noun A substance that can act as a proton donor.
- noun A substance that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.
- noun A substance having a sour taste.
- noun The quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful.
- adjective Of, relating to, or containing an acid.
- adjective Having a high concentration of acid.
- adjective Having the characteristics of an acid.
- adjective Having a pH of less than 7.
- adjective Having a relatively high concentration of hydrogen ions.
- adjective Geology Containing a large proportion of silica.
- adjective Having a sour taste. synonym: sour.
- adjective Biting, sarcastic, or scornful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tasting like vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors.
- noun Originally, a substance possessing a sour taste like that of vinegar; in modern chemical use, a name given to a large number of compounds which do not necessarily possess this property.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as,
acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered. - adjective Of or pertaining to an acid.
- noun A sour substance.
- noun (Chem.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called
hydracids in distinction from the others which are calledoxygen acids oroxacids .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Sour ,sharp , orbiting to the taste;tart ; having the taste ofvinegar . - adjective figuratively Sour-
tempered . - adjective Of or pertaining to an acid;
acidic . - adjective music Denoting a musical
genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as inacid house ,acid jazz ,acid rock . - noun A
sour substance. - noun chemistry Any of several
classes ofcompound having the following properties:- - noun slang
lysergic acid diethylamide
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- noun any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
- adjective harsh or corrosive in tone
- adjective being sour to the taste
- adjective having the characteristics of an acid
Etymologies
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Examples
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Figuratively, acid applies to anything sour or biting; for example, an acid wit is sharp and unpleasant.
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Stale butter or that which is improperly kept develops an acid called _butyric acid_, which gives a disagreeable odor and flavor to butter and often renders it unfit for use.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
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If ammonia be added to the original solution, _alkaline hæmatin_ is produced, or if acetic acid be chosen, _acid hæmatin_ is produced, and each gives its appropriate absorption bands.
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_Pepsin_ is the enzyme which acts upon proteids, but it is able to act only in an acid medium — a condition which is supplied by the _hydrochloric acid_.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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_Hydrochloric acid_ gas is also decomposed at ordinary temperatures with flame, and, if there is not a large excess of hydrochloric acid present, with detonation.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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Concentrated nitric acid highly charged with this substance is called _fuming nitric acid_.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The commercial acid, often called _muriatic acid_, is usually colored yellow by impurities.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The free acidity is sometimes expressed as _acid value_, which is the amount of KOH in milligrammes necessary to neutralise the free acid in 1 gramme of fat or oil.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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An excess of the trioxide may dissolve in the strong sulphuric acid, forming what is known as _fuming sulphuric acid_.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The sulphuric acid thus estimated was present in the leather as _free sulphuric acid_.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code meaning "action taken is satisfactory".
January 19, 2013