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Webster 1913 Edition


Polybasic

Polˊy-ba′sic

,
Adj.
[
Poly-
+
basic
.]
(Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; – said of certain acids;
as, sulphuric acid is
polybasic
.