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Acidic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

"The lemon juice tested as highly acidic when we dropped the litmus paper into it."

2

being sour to the taste

"The lemonade was so acidic that it made my teeth tingle from its sharp, sour flavor."

3

Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.

"The lemon juice tasted so acidic that it made my lips sting immediately."

Related Terms
Antonyms
alkalic amphiprotic

Origin

The word acidic comes from the noun acid combined with the suffix -ic. It is a doublet of the variant spelling acidy.

Rhyming Words
dic adic udic odic fdic asdic ridic vedic pudic iodic gadic ludic sodic eddic medic indic andic mundic nordic diodic
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