Definition of Fluoric

1. a. Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine.

Definition of Fluoric

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Pertaining to, obtained from or containing fluorine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluoric

1. fluor [adj] - See also: fluor

Medical Definition of Fluoric

1. Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine. Origin: Cf. F. Fluorique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluoric

fluorescent lamp
fluorescent microscope
fluorescent screen
fluorescent stain
fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test
fluorescently
fluorescents
fluorescer
fluorescers
fluoresces
fluorescin
fluorescing
fluorestradiol
fluorgenic
fluorian
fluoric (current term)
fluorid
fluoridate
fluoridated
fluoridated teeth
fluoridates
fluoridating
fluoridation
fluoridationist
fluoridationists
fluoridations
fluoridator
fluoridators
fluoride
fluoride number

Literary usage of Fluoric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum, Thomas Cooper (1814)
"A violent action takes place instantly, and fluoric acid gas is extricated, which must be collected over mercury, either in a leaden or tin vessel, ..."

2. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"PROPERTIES OF fluoric ACID. The distinguishing property of fluoric acid is, ... The fluoric acid gas disengaged will be absorbed by the water and form ..."

3. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"If liberated in contact with silicic acid, silicated fluoric acid gas is ... Different opinions have been held respecting the nature of fluoric acid, ..."

4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"The subject of this communication is divided into four sections, the first of which relates to silicated fluoric acid gas, and to sub- silicated fluoric ..."

5. The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy by Humphry Davy, John Davy (1840)
"AN ACCOUNT OF SOME NEW EXPERIMENTS ON THE fluoric COMPOUNDS; WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ... All the new experiments, that I have made on the fluoric compounds, ..."

6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"Sir Humphrey remarks th.it, when potassium is burnt in silicated fluoric acid-gas, the gas is absorbed, and a substance is produced which, when heated in ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"On Engraving Collodion Photographs by means of fluoric Acid Gas. ... The exposure of the picture to the influence of fluoric acid gas. ..."

8. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1833)
"HYDRO-fluoric ACID. This acid was first procured in its pure state in the year ... At the close of the operation pure hydro-fluoric acid is found in the ..."

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