SULPHACID

Sulph*ac"id, n. Etym: [Sulpho- + acid.] (Chem.)

Definition: An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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