asid
Pronunciation: /ˈasid/
“asid” is a Malay word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
- any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
- any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
- any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
Etymology
Borrowed from English acid.
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