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Cupric

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

adj. Of or containing divalent copper.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper.

adj. Containing copper with an oxidation number of 2

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Pertaining to or of the nature of copper; derived from copper: as, cupric oxid. Also cuprous.

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

adj. of or containing divalent copper

Word Usage

"Ferrous sulphide was next similarly treated, and gave, after the lapse of a few hours, a copious blackish precipitation of sulphur, and possessing properties similar to the sulphur obtained by dissolving sulphides such as cupric sulphide in dilute nitric acid, in all other respects resembling common sulphur."

Cross Reference

cupric compound cuprous

Form

cupric sulfide cupric chloride cupric carbonate cupric sulphide cupric sulphate cupric sulfate cupric oxide mercurico-cupric

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

mercuric picryl heparan ferric poly(vinyl auric glucosamine hydrated anhydrous dimethyl