Meaning of ACIDITY
| Pronunciation: | | u'siditee
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the property of being acidic
- [n] pH values below 7
- [n] the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
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ACIDITY is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | acidulousness, sour, sourness |
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| | Antonyms: | | alkalinity | | |
| | See Also: | | acerbity, hyperacidity, pH, pH scale, sour, sourness, tartness, tartness, taste property, vinegariness, vinegarishness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A*cid"i*ty\, n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F.
acidit['e]. See {Acid}.]
The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to
the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
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| | Related Terms: | | acerbity, acescency, acid, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, animosity, anion, antacid, asperity, astringency, atom, base, bile, biochemical, bite, bitingness, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, cation, causticity, causticness, chemical, chemical element, choler, chromoisomer, compound, copolymer, corrosiveness, cuttingness, dimer, dryness, edge, element, fierceness, gall, gnashing of teeth, greenness, grip, hard feelings, harshness, heartburning, heavy chemicals, high polymer, homopolymer, hydracid, hyperacidity, incisiveness, inorganic chemical, ion, isomer, keenness, macromolecule, metamer, molecule, monomer, mordacity, mordancy, neutralizer, nonacid, organic chemical, oxyacid, piercingness, piquancy, poignancy, point, polymer, pseudoisomer, pungency, radical, rancor, rankling, reagent, rigor, roughness, severity, sharpness, slow burn, soreness, sour, sourishness, sourness, spleen, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, subacidity, sulfacid, tartishness, tartness, teeth, trenchancy, trimer, unripeness, unsweetness, vehemence, verjuice, vinegariness, vinegarishness, violence, virulence |
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