sulphacid Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sulph*ac"id noun

Etymology

Sulpho- + acid.

Definitions

1. (Chem.) An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2.