acid
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From French acide, or Latin acidus (“‘sour’”), from acidēre (“‘to be sour’”).
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acid (not comparable)
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- Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
- acid fruits or liquors
- (figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
- (music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.
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sour, sharp, or biting to the taste
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sour-tempered
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of or pertaining to an acid
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[edit] Noun
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acid (plural acids)
- A sour substance.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
- (chemistry) Any compound that easily donates protons.
- A compound that easily donates protons is an acid according to Brønsted's definition.
- (chemistry) Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.
- A compound that easily accepts an electron pair is an acid according to the definition of Lewis.
- (slang) Commonly used shortened form of the drug lysergic acid diethylamide, lysergic acid or LSD.
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a sour substance
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LSD
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terms derived from “acid”
types of acid
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- acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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From French acide, Latin acidus.
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acid 4 nom/acc forms
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declension of acid
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| Nominative/Accusative | indefinite articulation | acid | acid | acidă | acizi | acide | acide |
| definite articulation | acidul | acidul | acida | acizii | acidele | acidele | |
| Genitive/Dative | indefinite articulation | acid | acid | acide | acizi | acide | acide |
| definite articulation | acidului | acidului | acidei | acizilor | acidelor | acidelor | |
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declension of acid
