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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless solution of sulfur dioxide in water, H2SO3, characterized by a suffocating sulfurous odor, used as a bleaching agent, preservative, and disinfectant.
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- noun inorganic chemistry The weak acid, H2SO3, present in a
solution ofsulfur dioxide inwater ; it is areducing agent and mildbleach .
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