Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See sulfuric acid.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry, dated Sulphuric acid.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates.
- n. sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly so called because it has the consistency of oil.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
Examples
“For we find no tangible liquid which is warm in its own nature and remains so constantly; but the warmth is of an adventitious nature, superinduced only for the time being, so that the liquids which in power and operation are hottest, as spirit of wine, chemical oil of spices, oil of vitriol and sulphur, and the like, which burn after a while, are at first cold to the touch.”
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milosrdenstvi Sulphuric acid. Apr 9, 2010