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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to salts or acids forming salts with one ion of a univalent metal. NaH2PO4 is an example of a monobasic salt.
  • adjective Monoprotic.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining or relating to monobasis.
  • Having one base: applied in chemistry to an acid which enters into combination with a univalent basic radical to form a neutral salt, or a salt containing one equivalent of a base.

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said of acids.

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

  • adjective chemistry, of an acid containing one replaceable hydrogen atom
  • adjective chemistry having one atom of a univalent metal

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Examples

  • ~ Such acids as hydrochloric and nitric acids, which have only one replaceable hydrogen atom in the molecule, or in other words yield one hydrogen ion in solution, are called monobasic acids.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • When this phosphate is acted upon with sulphuric acid, a soluble phosphate is formed, as Liebig first showed, to which the name superphosphate has been given, and which is also known as monobasic phosphate of lime, or monocalcic phosphate.

    Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

  • Acids 106 binary 113 characteristics 106 definition 107 dibasic 159 familiar 106 monobasic 159 nomenclature 113 organic 405 preparation 141 strength 111 ternary 113 undissociated 107

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • They are all monobasic, and this fact is expressed in the formulas by separating the replaceable hydrogen atom from the rest of the molecule:

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • On distillation with condensing acids a large proportion of volatile monobasic acids (chiefly formic) are obtained.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • All the acids naturally present in oils and fats, whether free or combined, are monobasic in character, that is to say, contain only one carboxyl -- CO. OH group.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • A small quantity of a monobasic acid was formed, which was identified as a hydroxypyromucic acid.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • VISICOL® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, APRISO ™ (mesalamine) extended-release capsules 0.375 g.,

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  • VISICOL® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, APRISO ™ (mesalamine) extended-release capsules 0.375 g.,

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