acidimetricadj.
/əˌsɪdɪˈmɛtrɪk/, /ˌasɪdɪˈmɛtrɪk/, U.S. /əˌsɪdəˈmɛtrɪk/, /ˌæsɪdəˈmɛtrɪk/ Chemistry.
Of or relating to acidimetry; as obtained by acidimetry.
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acidimetric1824
acidimetrical1843
1824 tr. Dict. Technologique in Techn. Repository 5 xliii. 149 Now 65 kilograms of pyroligneous acid, at 40 acidimetric [Fr. acidimétriques] degrees..require, to form the neutral acetate, 59 kilograms of litharge.
1844 Mechanics' Mag. 40 335/2 Instead of using beads for preparing the alkalimetric and acidimetric test liquors..hydrometers may..be employed.
1938 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) II. 644/1 (heading) Typical acidimetric and alkalimetric estimations.
2003 Environmental Health Perspectives 111 1902/2 Air quality..was analyzed by an acidimetric method.
Derivatives
aˌcidiˈmetrically adv. by means of acidimetry.
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acidimetrically1869
1869 Chem. News 16 Apr. 190/1 He next estimates, acidimetrically, the sulphuric acid which has not become combined with ammonia.
1927 Lancet 18 June 1301/1 The sulphate ions when formed may be either precipitated and weighed as barium sulphate or titrated acidimetrically.
2003 New Phytologist 159 219/2 Ash alkalinity was determined acidimetrically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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