Definitions
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- adj. Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead.
- adj. Specifically, of compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to lead; derived from lead: as, plumbic, acid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. relating to or consisting of lead
Etymologies
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Latin plumb(um), lead + -ic
Examples
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Chemically it is converted by nitric acid and chlorine into an insoluble substance -- plumbic acid or the cyanide of lead.
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There are the pains in the stomach, the colic, and then on the gums is that characteristic line of plumbic sulphide, the distinctive mark produced by lead.
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a resinated ferrous salt, a resin compound of plumbic ferrocyanide, and a resin compound of ferrocyanide of manganese in combination with a salt of molybdenum and a resin compound of zinc sulphide.
hernesheir commented on the word plumbic
plumbous
December 29, 2010