Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The polyatomic anion HCO3 or a compound, such as sodium bicarbonate, containing it.

from The Century Dictionary.

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

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

  • noun (Chem.) 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.

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  • noun chemistry the univalent anion HCO3; any salt of carbonic acid in which only one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced
  • noun sodium bicarbonate used as a mild antacid; bicarbonate of soda

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

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

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ carbonate

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Examples

  • Eight kilometers north of San Miguel, this delightful hotel has, to quote its brochure, "Magic water" - "45 degrees Celsius, crystalline, odorless and potable, rich in bicarbonate of soda, astringent and toning for the skin and relaxing for the nervous system."

    Between Dolores Hidalgo and San Miguel de Allende: Pozos, Atotonilco and Hacienda Taboada 1997

  • Eight kilometers north of San Miguel, this delightful hotel has, to quote its brochure, "Magic water" - "45 degrees Celsius, crystalline, odorless and potable, rich in bicarbonate of soda, astringent and toning for the skin and relaxing for the nervous system."

    Between Dolores Hidalgo and San Miguel de Allende: Pozos, Atotonilco and Hacienda Taboada 1997

  • Eight kilometers north of San Miguel, this delightful hotel has, to quote its brochure, "Magic water" - "45 degrees Celsius, crystalline, odorless and potable, rich in bicarbonate of soda, astringent and toning for the skin and relaxing for the nervous system."

    Between Dolores Hidalgo and San Miguel de Allende: Pozos, Atotonilco and Hacienda Taboada 1997

  • Eight kilometers north of San Miguel, this delightful hotel has, to quote its brochure, "Magic water" - "45 degrees Celsius, crystalline, odorless and potable, rich in bicarbonate of soda, astringent and toning for the skin and relaxing for the nervous system."

    Between Dolores Hidalgo and San Miguel de Allende: Pozos, Atotonilco and Hacienda Taboada 1997

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

    Chapter 15 1982

  • This chemical is also commonly called bicarbonate of soda.

    Chapter 4 1969

  • Sodium bicarbonate, sometimes called bicarbonate of soda or sodium hydrogen carbonate, is a weak alkali used in pad-batch dyeing (see Glossary) with reactive dyes.

    Chapter 7 1969

  • This salt, commonly called bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is made by the Solvay process, as explained above, or by passing carbon dioxide into strong solutions of sodium carbonate:

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • The aqueous vapor condensed from the air dissolves part of the carbonic acid contained therein, and carries it along, when it falls as rain upon the earth, and takes up there enough lime to form the bicarbonate, which is thus carried back to the sea.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various

  • "When you're at altitude, you spill a lot of bicarbonate, which is a buffer for lactic acid," he said, explaining that bicarbonate helps neutralize the burning effect of lactic acid build-up in your muscles.

    NYT > Home Page By WINA STURGEON 2011

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