Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., a sulphate containing a hydrogen atom replaceable by a basic element or radical; an acid sulphate.
  • noun A sulphate having the general formula R2S2O7; a salt of disulphuric acid: as, potassium disulphate, K2S2O7.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
  • noun An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry A salt or ester of disulphuric acid or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
  • noun chemistry An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

Etymologies

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di- +‎ sulphate

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