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[ uh-sid-i-tee ] / əˈsɪd ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR acidity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe quality or state of being acid. sourness; tartness. excessive acid quality, as of the gastric juice. Origin of acidityFrom the Late Latin word aciditās, dating back to 1610–20. See acid, -ity OTHER WORDS FROM aciditynon·a·cid·i·ty, nouno·ver·a·cid·i·ty, nounpre·a·cid·i·ty, nounsu·per·a·cid·i·ty, nounWords nearby acidityacidified serum test, acidify, acidimeter, acidimetry, acid indigestion, acidity, acidize, acid-loving, acid maltase, acid metaprotein, acid number Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for acidityThese cheeses are moderate in acidity, moisture, and fat content, making them perfect showrunners for fondue. The scientific way to make perfectly creamy fondue|By Pat Polowsky/Saveur|October 2, 2020|Popular Science This brand also commits to flavor, scent, and significantly lower acidity, if that’s your speed. Gear to make every day feel like National Coffee Day|PopSci Commerce Team|September 29, 2020|Popular Science Expect rounder wines with less of that typical zingy acidity. Wildfires, trade wars, COVID-19: The 2020 global wine harvest may go down as the most challenging yet|Bernhard Warner|September 20, 2020|Fortune Some vintners have worried about scorching summer heat, but cold summer nights helped most grapes keep balance and acidity. Wildfires, trade wars, COVID-19: The 2020 global wine harvest may go down as the most challenging yet|Bernhard Warner|September 20, 2020|Fortune
In this streamlined recipe, the salmon is half cooked on the grill and then half-“cooked” by the acidity of lime juice. What to Eat|Cookstr.com|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST How did the acidity you obtained compare with this legal requirement? Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder A factor which governs the quality of the leather quite as much as the tannin itself is the acidity of the liquors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various Slip is bonny-clabber without its acidity, and so delicate is its flavor that many persons like it just as well as ice cream. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887)|Mrs. F.L. Gillette The remedy—and a most logical one—was medicine to combat the acidity and to restore the tone or balance to the stomach. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699|Thomas P. Hughes When the acidity is tempered with age, the coffee can be drunk "straight" which can not be done with many other growths. All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
British Dictionary definitions for acidity
noun plural -tiesthe quality or state of being acid the amount of acid present in a solution, often expressed in terms of pH another name for hyperacidity 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 Words related to aciditytartness, acerbity, pungency, sourness, astringency, acridness, causticity Medical definitions for acidity
n.The state, quality, or degree of being acid. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |