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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a basicity of six; capable of combining with a proportion of base or metal equivalent to six atoms of hydrogen.

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry, of an acid containing six replaceable hydrogen atoms
  • adjective chemistry having six atoms of a univalent metal

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