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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting a base containing five combining units of the radical hydroxyl, HO, or one equivalent to a pentabasic acid, molecule for molecule.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases.

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  • adjective chemistry Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; said of certain complex bases.

Etymologies

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pent- +‎ acid

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