HYDRACID

Etymology

Noun

hydracid (plural hydracids)

(chemistry) An acid that does not contain any oxygen as opposed to an oxyacid; they are all binary compounds of hydrogen and a halogen or pseudohalogen.

Source: Wiktionary


Hy*drac"id, n. Etym: [Hydr- + acid: cf. F. hydracide.] (Chem.)

Definition: An acid containing hydrogen; -- sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no oxygen, from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See Acid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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