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SULPHONIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sulphonic acid mean?
• SULPHONIC ACID (noun)
The noun SULPHONIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. an acid derived from sulphuric acid
Familiarity information: SULPHONIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acid derived from sulphuric acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
sulfonic acid; sulphonic acid
Hypernyms ("sulphonic acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
Context examples
A member of the homologous series of dimethane sulphonic acid esters with alkylating properties.
(Methylene Dimethane Sulfonate, NCI Thesaurus)
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