Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of saturating two molecules of a monobasic acid: applied to certain hydroxids and basic oxids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf.
dibasic , a., andbiacid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any
dibasic acid
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The company makes diacid, a chemical ingredient used in nylon, the secret for which it says was stolen by a government-backed rival.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID BARBOZA 2011
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The primary species of bound UCB in our models were: undissociated diacid for phosphatidylcholine, dianion for dodecyl maltoside micelles and cyclodextrins, and both monoanions and dianion for sodium taurocholate.
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The primary species of bound UCB in our models were: undissociated diacid for phosphatidylcholine, dianion for dodecyl maltoside micelles and cyclodextrins, and both monoanions and dianion for sodium taurocholate.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Pasupati Mukerjee 2010
hernesheir commented on the word diacid
Also biacid.
July 5, 2010