tribasic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Italic *tri-

Latin tri-der.

English tri-

English basic

English tribasic

From tri- + basic.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪk

Adjective

tribasic (not comparable)

1. (chemistry, of an acid) containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms
2. (chemistry, of a salt) having three atoms of a univalent metal

Translations

of an acid

• Italian: tribasico m
• Manx: tree-vunnagh

of a salt

• Italian: tribasico m
• Manx: tree-vunnagh