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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unstable inorganic acid, HMnO4, existing only in dilute solution. Its purple aqueous solution is used as an oxidizing agent.
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- noun chemistry the acid, HMnO4, known only as its
salts , thepermanganates
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- noun an unstable purple acid (HMnO4) known only in solution or of permanganate salts
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