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• auric
  auric

  adjective

  of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
• Auric
  Auric

  noun

  Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1899–1983, French composer; one of les Six. His works include ballet and film music

auric

American  

[awr-ik] / ˈɔr ɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. of or containing gold in the trivalent state.

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Auric ¹ British  

/ ɔrik /

noun

1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1899–1983, French composer; one of les Six. His works include ballet and film music

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auric ² British  

/ ˈɔːrɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing gold in the trivalent state

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Etymology

Origin of auric

1830–40; < Latin aur ( um ) gold + -ic

Example Sentences

Such gnomic utterances, and the auric mysteries of the international monetary system, suddenly make the money game more fun to read about than play.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aurous chloride, AuCl, is obtained as a lemon-yellow, amorphous powder, insoluble in water, by heating auric chloride to 185�.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Like the physical body it radiates an aura, and this combining with the other forms of the auric body, gives to it its peculiar pearly appearance, which is the background of its opalescence previously noted.

From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Panchadasi, Swami

A church filled with persons of a high devotional ideality, is also a beautiful place, by reason of the mingling of auric violet-blue vibrations of those therein assembled.

From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Panchadasi, Swami

Water decomposes it into gold and auric chloride.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various