Meaning | Any acid that contains oxygen. |
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Synonym | oxyacid |
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Narrower | hypophosphoric acid | A crystalline tetrabasic acid (H4P2O6) |
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hypophosphorous acid, phosphorous acid, orthophosphorous acid | A clear or yellow monobasic acid (H3PO2) |
periodic acid | Any acid of iodine that contains oxygen |
phosphoric acid, orthophosphoric acid | An acid used in fertilizers and soaps |
polyphosphoric acid | A series of oxyacids of phosphorus |
tungstic acid | An oxyacid of tungsten (often polymeric in nature) formed by neutralizing alkaline tungstate solutions |
vanadium pentoxide, vanadic acid | Any of various oxyacids of vanadium |
Broader | acid | Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt |
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Spanish | oxácido |
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Catalan | oxàcid, oxácido |
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