Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the characteristics of an acid and a base and capable of reacting chemically either as an acid or a base.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Partly the one and partly the other; neutral.
- In chem., capable, in different reactions, of exhibiting both acid and basic character, as, for example, glycoeoll or amidoacetic acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Having the characteristics of both an
acid and abase , and capable ofreacting as either;amphiprotic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Turns out the official Wikipedia answer is that it is an amphoteric compound reacting with both acids and bases and aqueous solutions are mildly alkaline.
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There are four types of detergents: anionic, nonionic, cationic, and amphoteric.
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There are four types of detergents: anionic, nonionic, cationic, and amphoteric.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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There are four types of detergents: anionic, nonionic, cationic, and amphoteric.
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There are four types of detergents: anionic, nonionic, cationic, and amphoteric.
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Other words for stabilizer are: amphoteric, neutral or intermediate oxide.
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Announced that the Canadian Patent Office issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application 2,438,116 with claims that broadly cover amphoteric liposomal formulations SMARTICLES ® and their use for the delivery of nucleic acids and other compounds with therapeutic application;
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Baking soda is an amphoteric, which basically means that it's a neutralizer because it reacts with both acids and bases.
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Baking soda is an amphoteric, which basically means that it's a neutralizer because it reacts with both acids and bases.
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Surfactants, the active ingredients in wetter-spreader adjuvant, are further categorized as non-ionic, cationic, anionic, or amphoteric surfactants.
fbharjo commented on the word amphoteric
both/and
July 5, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word amphoteric
JM assumes amphoteric folk are neither here nor there.
August 13, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word amphoteric
M-W lists specifically in def.
March 10, 2011
qms commented on the word amphoteric
There once was a sycophant, Eric,
Obligingly calm or hysteric.
He'd quickly adapt
To whatever was apt.
His nature was quite amphoteric.
He'd mime, if need be, courtly grace,
But gossip in ways truly base.
His manner was placid
Or dripping with acid
As suited his welfare's best case.
March 4, 2017