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 orester ofdisulphuric acid orpyrosulphuric acid ; apyrosulphate . - noun chemistry An
acid salt ofsulphuric acid , having only one equivalent ofbase to two of the acid.
Etymologies
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di- + sulphate
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Examples
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The 'Peruvian Bark', or its active principle the disulphate of quina, is
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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