polyacid

P3O1L1Y4A1C3I1D2

noun

Any polybasic acid

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounpolyacid (plural polyacids)

plural polyacids

  1. chemistryAny polybasic acid
adjectivepolyacid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistrypolybasic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Latinacidu
  6. Frenchacide
  7. Englishacid
  8. Englishpolyacid

From poly- + acid.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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