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noun
An acid containing oxygen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: oxoacid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acid, substance
noun
any acid that contains oxygen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oxygen acid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acid
Narrower terms: hypophosphoric acid, hypophosphorous acid, phosphorous acid, orthophosphorous acid, polyphosphoric acid, periodic acid, phosphoric acid, orthophosphoric acid, tungstic acid, vanadium pentoxide, vanadic acid
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English oxyacid From oxy- + acid.
Across languages
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