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osmic
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OSMIC
OSMIC Os "mic, a. (Chem. )
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide. Osmic acid. (Chem. ) (a ) Osmic tetroxide. [Obs. ] (b ) Osmic acid proper, an acid analogous to sulphuric acid, not known in the free state, but forming a well-known and stable series of salts (osmates ), which were formerly improperly called osmites. -- Osmic tetroxide (Chem. ), a white volatile crystalline substance, OsO4, the most stable and characteristic of the compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong chlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called osmic acid.
New American Oxford Dictionary
osmic
os mic |ˈäzmik ˈɑzmɪk | ▶adjective relating to odors or the sense of smell. DERIVATIVES os mi cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 20th cent.: from Greek osmē ‘smell, odor ’ + -ic .
osmic acid
os mic ac id ▶noun Chemistry a solution of osmium tetroxide. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: osmic from osmium + -ic .
Oxford Dictionary
osmic
osmic |ˈɒzmɪk | ▶adjective relating to odours or the sense of smell. DERIVATIVES osmically adverb ORIGIN 1930s: from Greek osmē ‘smell, odour ’ + -ic .
osmic acid
osmic acid ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a solution of osmium tetroxide. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: osmic from osmium + -ic .
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