"Basic" is a word in ENGLISH
Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a
salt.
Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low
percentage of silica, as basalt.
Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit
alkaline reactions with test paper.
Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion
that of the related neutral salt.
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A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate …
Read the complete definitionOne of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening …
Read the complete definitionOne of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in …
Read the complete definitionA salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Read the complete definitionA salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of …
Read the complete definitionA salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base.
Read the complete definitionA salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.
Read the complete definitionThe positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms …
Read the complete definitionA salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
Read the complete definitionHaving two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. …
Read the complete definitionA salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base.
Read the complete definitionA salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
Read the complete definitionA salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen …
Read the complete definitionA salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
Read the complete definitionA salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream …
Read the complete definitionA salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
Read the complete definitionA salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.
Read the complete definitionA salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also …
Read the complete definitionAn acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Read the complete definitionA combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of …
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