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dithionous acid

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

  • noun An unstable acid, H2S2O4, that is found chiefly in the form of its salts and is used as a bleaching and reducing agent.

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  • noun chemistry the unstable acid, H2S2O4, known only as its derivatives, the dithionites

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[di– + Greek theion, sulfur + –ous.]

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