acidic

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/ əˈsɪd ɪk /

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adjective

acid (def. 5).

Geology. acid (def. 8).

acid-forming (def. 1).

containing acid-bearing pollutants: Acidic runoff is poisoning the nation's rivers.

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Origin of acidic

First recorded in 1875–80; acid + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM acidic

non·a·cid·ic, adjectivesem·i·a·cid·ic, adjectiveun·a·cid·ic, adjective

Words nearby acidic

acid-fast, acid-forming, acid halide, acid-head, acid house, acidic, acidify, acidimeter, acidimetry, acidity, acidize

How to use acidic in a sentence

If you’re into more fruit-forward coffees that aren’t too acidic, the Intelligentsia House Blend is a great choice.
Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day|PopSci Commerce Team|September 29, 2020|Popular-Science
Boiling, acidic water burned his leg so badly that it had to be amputated.
Life on Earth may have begun in hostile hot springs|Jack J. Lee|September 24, 2020|Science News
To simulate the sometimes-wet, sometimes-dry burbling of the primordial Earth, Damer squirted acidic hot spring water into the vials, let them dry out and then repeated the wet-dry cycle several more times.
Life on Earth may have begun in hostile hot springs|Jack J. Lee|September 24, 2020|Science News
Its surface temperature of around 450°C is thought to be hostile to even the hardiest of micro-organisms, and its thick, sulfurous, and acidic atmosphere has kept the surface almost completely free from visiting spacecraft.
Venus: Could It Really Harbor Life? New Study Springs a Surprise|Monica Grady|September 18, 2020|Singularity Hub

In other words, it tells us how basic or acidic the solution is.
Explainer: What the pH scale tells us|Lida Tunesi|March 5, 2020|Science News For Students
Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How can a chilled, acidic, and bubbly liquid make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite whatever acidic rhetoric Latino leaders are dishing out toward Obama today, I would expect that will change this fall.
Immigration Reform? Not Until Hillary|Michael Tomasky|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the proposition had eventually broken apart in the churning, acidic stomach of Washington politics.
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The Miraculin binds to the sweet receptor in your mouth and makes sour, or acidic foods taste incredibly sweet.
Change Your Sense: Biohacking for Beginners|Ari Meisel|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When a fragmental rock is composed chiefly of rocks belonging to the acidic group, we say it is felspathic.
Geology|James Geikie
They probably are mainly volatile organic acids, together with other acidic-natured products of roasting.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
The two classes are alike in chemical composition and may be divided into acidic and basic groups.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton
Granite is an acidic rock corresponding to rhyolite in chemical composition.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton
The fruit is fleshy and acidic and consumed fresh or pickled: Averrhoa carambola.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for acidic

acidic

/ (əˈsɪdɪk) /

adjective

another word for acid

(of an oxide) yielding an acid in aqueous solution

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Origin of acidic

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