fluoric

American  

[floo-awr-ik, -or-] / fluˈɔr ɪk, -ˈɒr- /

adjective

1. Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.

2. Mineralogy. of, relating to, or derived from fluorite.

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fluoric British  

/ fluːˈɔːrɪk /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, or produced from fluorine or fluorspar

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Etymology

Origin of fluoric

From the French word fluorique, dating back to 1780–90. See fluor-, -ic

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Example Sentences

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fluoric

The fluoric acid, disengaged in the gaseous state, combines with the water that diluted the sulphuric acid, and forms liquid fluoric acid, by which the glass is corroded.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827 by Various

It was also found by analysis that augite usually contained more lime, less alumina, and no fluoric acid; which last, though not always found in hornblende, often enters into its composition in minute quantity.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

It is the product of decomposed granite owing to the action of fluoric acid.

From Cornwall by G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton

Note.—The fluoric acid, which is partly absorbed by the water, in the above process, being very corrosive, should not be suffered to touch the hands, nor any valuable vessel whatever.

From A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts and Interesting Experiments, Which are Well Explained and Warranted Genuine and may be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense. by Various Unknown

We are obliged to employ metallic vessels in this process, because fluoric acid dissolves glass and silicious earth, and even renders these bodies volatile, carrying them over with itself in distillation in the gasseous form.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier

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