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- noun An acid, H2S2O3, formed by replacement of an oxygen atom by a sulfur atom in sulfuric acid, found only in solution or as its salts and esters.
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- noun inorganic chemistry An
unstable acid, H2S2O3,formally derived fromsulfuric acid by thesubstitution of asulfur atom for anoxygen one; it is known only insolution or as itssalts andesters , thethiosulfates .
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