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单词 acidifiable
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acidifiableadj.

Brit. /əˈsɪdᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S. /əˈsɪdəˌfaɪəb(ə)l/, /æˈsɪdəˌfaɪəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1700s– acidifiable, 1800s acidifyable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: acidify v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < acidify v. + -able suffix, after French acidifiable (1786).
Chemistry. Now chiefly historical.
Capable of being converted into an acid, or of combining so as to form an acid.
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1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 57 The second class of non-decomposed substances..possess the property of becoming acid by their uniting with oxygen; and which, on account of this..property, we express by the words acidifiable bases.
1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 482 Amongst the acidifiable bodies, sulphur, which is represented by 30, may be supposed to consist of 6 hydrogene, and 24 basis.
1929 P. Walden Salts, Acids, & Bases i. 52 The term ‘base’ introduced by Rouelle as a fundamental constituent of salts (acid + base = salt) receives a somewhat different meaning through Lavoisier's conception ‘base acidifiable’ (acidifiable base + oxygen = acid).
1978 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 68 48/2 Hatchett concluded that it consisted of a combination of iron with an acidifiable metal (metallic acid).
1992 W. H. Brock Fontana Hist. Chem. iii. 120 The six non-metals and seventeen metals then known, both of which were readily oxidizable and acidifiable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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