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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white, crystalline inorganic acid, HIO4·2H2O, used as an oxidizer.
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- noun inorganic chemistry HIO4, the
oxyacid ofiodine in which iodine has the highestoxidation number ; it is awhite crystalline substance , and a strongoxidizing agent
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- noun any acid of iodine that contains oxygen
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