Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an acid that can donate more than one proton to a base.
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- adjective chemistry Of an
acid (or abase ) that candonate (oraccept ) more than oneproton ;polybasic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[poly– + prot(on) + –ic.]
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In this course, it is only important to understand the titration of polyprotic acids qualitatively.
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