[1860–65; cer(ium) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, big brother, calibrate, monism, trade name-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'ceric' in a sentence
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Graft copolymerization of acrylamide monomer onto cellulose, using ceric ammonium nitrate as initiator, was investigated.
A. M. Nada, Mohamed Y. Alkady, Hesham M. Fekry 2008, 'SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAFTED CELLULOSE FOR USE IN WATER AND METAL IONSSORPTION', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/viewFile/BioRes_03_1_0046_Nada_AF_GraftedCellulose/90. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Progress of the reaction was followed by measuring the decrease in absorbance of ceric ammonium sulphate at 360 nm.
Seema S. Badi, Suresh M. Tuwar 2017, 'Oxidation of clindamycin phosphate by cerium(IV) in perchloric acid medium – A kineticand mechanistic approach', Arabian Journal of Chemistryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535213001147. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)