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View synonyms for plumbic

plumbic

[ pluhm-bik ]

adjective

, Chemistry.
  1. containing lead, especially in the tetravalent state.


plumbic

/ ˈplʌmbɪk /

adjective

  1. of or containing lead in the tetravalent state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plumbic1

1790–1800; < Latin plumb ( um ) lead + -ic
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Example Sentences

In 1839, Link obtained spherical granulations by the precipitation of calcic or plumbic solutions by potash, soda, or carbonic acid.

Her hair is a crown, I can truthfully state 'Tis a metre long, nor curly nor straight, And it is as yellow as plumbic chromate In a slightly acid solution.

For indoor coating and drying use a small amount of plumbic oxide.

Chemically it is converted by nitric acid and chlorine into an insoluble substance—plumbic acid or the cyanide of lead.

There are the pains in the stomach, the colic, and then on the gums is that characteristic line of plumbic sulphide, the distinctive mark produced by lead.

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