Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

binoxalate

American  
[bahy-nok-suh-leyt, -lit] / baɪˈnɒk səˌleɪt, -lɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.

Etymology

Origin of binoxalate

First recorded in 1800–10; bin- + oxalate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A white precipitate will be seen in the tube if either oxalic acid or binoxalate of potash has been employed.

From Project Gutenberg

A very common method employed by forgers to give an appearance of age to the ink used in spurious old documents is to mix with ordinary ink, muriatic acid, oxalic acid, or binoxalate of potash.

From Project Gutenberg

The acid of sorrel is very prononcé, and is what chemists term a binoxalate of potash; that is, a combination of oxalic acid with potash.

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.