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noun Chemistry.

a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.

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The precipitate is filtered off, washed thoroughly with water, and the basic salt dissolved and determined colorimetrically.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
A blue basic salt is precipitated first, which, on boiling, rapidly changes to the rose-coloured hydroxide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
In a tri-acid salt a certain voracity of the base is indicated, and in a tri-basic salt, of the acid.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing|Watson Smith
It forms yellow crystals soluble in water; the aqueous solution on standing gradually depositing a basic salt.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various

While this is taking place, a further quantity of the neutral aluminum salt splits up into more basic salt and free acid.
Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing|William E. Austin