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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In chem., an epithet applied to an acid (H2S2O6) formerly called hyposulphuric acid. It is a dibasic acid which cannot be isolated in the pure state, but forms crystallizable salts.

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur.
  • adjective (Chem.) an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.

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