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

  • noun A base having one fewer transferable proton than a specific acid.

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  • noun chemistry Any compound, of general formula Xn+, which can be transformed into a conjugate acid HX(n+1)+ by the gain of a proton.

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