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Bicarbonate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The radical group HCO3 or a compound, such as sodium bicarbonate, containing it.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the univalent anion HCO3; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced

n. sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A carbonate containing two equivalents of carbonic acid to one of a base; one of the supercarbonates.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

Word Usage

"Andrew Barnett (1978) says that sodium bicarbonate, which is commonly called baking soda, is a better buffer than lime."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

carbonate

Variant

supercarbonate

Hyponym

sodium bicarbonate magnesium bicarbonate potassium hydrogen carbonate potassium bicarbonate bicarbonate of soda

Form

sodium bicarbonate potassium bicarbonate cobalt-bicarbonate method manganese bicarbonate bicarbonate of soda

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

carbonate oxalate chlorate citrate permanganate