Definition of Acidifier

1. n. A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.

Definition of Acidifier

1. Noun. (context: chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acidifier

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Medical Definition of Acidifier

1. A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acidifier

acidic
acidic amino acid
acidic anhydride
acidic dyes
acidic hydrogen
acidier
acidiest
acidifed
acidiferous
acidifiable
acidific
acidification
acidifications
acidified
acidified serum test
acidifier (current term)
acidifiers
acidifies
acidify
acidifying
acidimeter
acidimeters
acidimetre
acidimetres
acidimetric
acidimetrical
acidimetries
acidimetry
acidities
acidity

Literary usage of Acidifier

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

1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"(Bleaching) acid-liquor man. acidifiant, pa acidifying. — m. acidifier. ... an apparatus for separating the fatty acids from fats. acidifier, vt acidify. ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"The mass is then transferred to the acidifier marked D. It is ... In the acidifier D, the mixture is subjected to the action of superheated steam furnished ..."

3. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, PT. 300-499, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"(c) Clinical investigations designed to obtain evidence that any drug product labeled, represented, on promoted as a stomach acidifier for OTC use is safe ..."

4. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"The " acid bottoms," remaining in the " acidifier," are afterwards raked out, ... passes over from the " acidifier," and removes the sulphuric acid present; ..."

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