Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to lead; derived from lead: as, plumbic, acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with
plumbous compounds.
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- adjective chemistry Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing
lead . - adjective chemistry Specifically, of
compounds in which it has a highervalence as contrasted withplumbous compounds.
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- adjective relating to or consisting of lead
Etymologies
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Latin plumb(um), lead + -ic
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Examples
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Chemically it is converted by nitric acid and chlorine into an insoluble substance -- plumbic acid or the cyanide of lead.
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There are the pains in the stomach, the colic, and then on the gums is that characteristic line of plumbic sulphide, the distinctive mark produced by lead.
The War Terror 1908
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a resinated ferrous salt, a resin compound of plumbic ferrocyanide, and a resin compound of ferrocyanide of manganese in combination with a salt of molybdenum and a resin compound of zinc sulphide.
hernesheir commented on the word plumbic
plumbous
December 29, 2010