Definitions
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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five
molecules of amonobasic acid ; having fivehydrogen atoms capable ofsubstitution by acid residues; said of certain complexbases .
Etymologies
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pent- + acid
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