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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydracid

Hy-drac′id

,
Noun.
[
Hydr-
+
acid
: cf. F.
hydracide
.]
(Chem.)
An acid containing hydrogen; – sometimes applied to distinguish acids like hydrochloric, hydrofluoric, and the like, which contain no oxygen, from the oxygen acids or oxacids. See
Acid
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hydracid

HYDRAC'ID

,
Adj.
[Gr. water, and acid.] An acid formed by the union of hydrogen with a substance without oxygen.

Definition 2024


hydracid

hydracid

English

Noun

hydracid (plural hydracids)

  1. (chemistry) An acid that does not contain any oxygen as opposed to an oxyacid; they are all binary compounds of hydrogen and a halogen or pseudohalogen.

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