triacid

American  

[trahy-as-id] / traɪˈæs ɪd /

adjective

Chemistry.

1. capable of combining with three molecules of a monobasic acid.

   a triacid base.

2. noting acid salts containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms.

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triacid British  

/ traɪˈæsɪd /

adjective

1. (of a base) capable of reacting with three molecules of a monobasic acid

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Etymology

Origin of triacid

First recorded in 1885–90; tri- + acid

Example Sentences

As shewn by the former they appear as polynuclear cells free from granules, since their granulation takes on no dye of the triacid mixture.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

They may be counted in leukæmic blood with the aid of the triacid or eosine-methylene blue stain.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

They were performed in the following way: dry cover-slip preparations were made from the juice of the glands removed shortly after death, and were stained in the usual way by Ehrlich's triacid mixture.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

The two granulations always show different shades in the triacid preparation as well; for the nigrosinophil cells stain a blacker hue.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

Now in these triacid salts we can remove some of the acid groups and substitute the elements of water, OH, or hydroxyl, as it is called, for them.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert