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Definitions: Acidity |
AcidityNoun1. The property of being acidic. 2. The taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth. 3. PH values below 7. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acidity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | L. aciditas) the quality of being acid or sour; containing acid (hydrogen ions). (references) |
Metallurgy | Concentration in H+ ions in a sand suspension the pH value of which is less than 7. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The capacity of an aqueous medium to neutralise alkalinity, i. e. to react with hydroxyl(OH)ions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ACE | English | Acidity in Cloud Experiments | Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AciditySynonyms: acidulousness (n), sour (n), sourness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: alkalinity (n). (additional references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If necessary, a stool acidity test, which measures the amount of acid in the stool, may be given to infants and young children. (references) | |
Without proper treatment, chronic acidity of the blood leads to growth retardation, kidney stones, bone disease, and progressive renal failure. (references) | ||
However, when an imbalance occurs, such as when the normal acidity of the vagina changes or when hormonal balance changes, Candida can multiply. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acidity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acidity" is used about 270 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 270 | 17,892 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "acidity": Gastric Acidity Determination ♦ hydrolytic acidity. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "acidity": acidity-alkalinity. | |
Ending with "acidity": high-acidity, non-acidity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acidity | 38 |
soil acidity | 9 |
acidity pool | 7 |
acidity stomach | 6 |
acidity coffee flavor | 6 |
acidity body | 5 |
acidity food | 4 |
acidity vaginal | 4 |
acidity titratable | 3 |
acidity body in | 3 |
acidity citrus fruit physiology | 3 |
acidity alkaline | 3 |
acidity fruit | 3 |
blood acidity | 3 |
acidity candida | 2 |
acidity alkalinity | 2 |
acidity coffee | 2 |
acidity making volatile wine | 2 |
acidity water | 2 |
acidity ph | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acidity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aciditet (acidness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حموضة (sourness, tartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | язвителност (acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, incision, mordacity, pungency, sting, vitriol), хапливост (acerbity, causticity, mordacity, tartness), киселинност. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 酸度, 酸性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kyselost (sourness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aciditet, surhedsgrad (degree of acidity), pH-vaerdi for sand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zuurgraad (acid value, contration of hydrogen ions, degree of acidity, pH, pH value, pH-value), aciditeit (contration of hydrogen ions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حموضت , ترشی (Acerbity, Pickle, Souse), اسیدیته . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | happoisuus (degree of acidity), happamuus (degree of acidity, sourness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acidité (acidities, acidness, degree of acidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Azidität (degree of acidity), Azidität, Aciditaet, Säuregrad (degree of acidity), säuregehalt (acidities), säure (acid, sharpness, sourness, tartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οξύτητα (acerbity, acuteness, asperity, keenness, pungency, sharpness, shrillness, smartness, trenchancy, trenchantness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | aciditet (acidness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חמיצות (acerbity, acescence, acidness, sourness, tartness), חומציות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | savtartalom, savasság, savanyúság (acerbity, pickle, pickles, sourness, verjuice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketajaman (acrimony, acuity, acumen, discernment), keasaman, kadar asam (acidities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acidit (acid, degree of acidity, sourness, tartness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 酸度 , 酸性 , 酸味 (sourness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さ"ど (three times), さ"せい (3rd generation in US, agreement, approval, birth control, children of nisei, favour, frequent reflection, participation in government, support), さ"み (sourness, the third rank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 산성도. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sherriuid (acerbity, acridity, acrimony, agony, agony of mind, bitterness, fustiness, sharpness, tartness), gortid (illiberality, penuriousness, staleness), geyrid (abruptness, acridity, acuteness, austerity, definition, discernment, hardness, hardness of sound, incisiveness, intensity, keenness, mordacity, poignancy, pointedness, pungency, quickness of sight, rigidity, rigour of the law, sharpness, sourness, stiffness, strictness, stringency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acidityay acidez (acidness, degree of acidity, verjuice). (various references) acriturã (sourness), acrime (acidness, enmity, sour taste, sourness, tartness, virus), aciditate. (various references) кислотность (sourness), едкость (acrimony, causticity, corrosivness, poignancy). (various references) aciditet, kiselost (sourness, tartness). (various references) acidez (acidities, acidness, bitterness, degree of acidity, heartburn, sharpness, sourness, tartness). (various references) syrlighet (acerbity), aciditet (degree of acidity). (various references) asidite, ekşime (fermentation, rancidity, rancidness, souring), ekşilik (acerbity, sourness, tartness, verjuice). (various references) їдкість (acridity, acrimony, causticity, poignancy), кислотність (sourpuss). (various references) tính axit, độ axit vị chua. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "acidity": hyperacidity, placidity. (additional references) | |
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"Acidity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Accodata, acidey, acitity, acivity, agitity, Aidit, airity, asidity, auidity, basicity, lacidity, Macavity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acidity" (pronounced usi"dutē) |
| 5 | -i" d u t ē | fluidity, humidity, illiquidity, liquidity, lividity, morbidity, rapidity, rigidity, solidity, stupidity, superfluidity, timidity, turbidity, validity. |
| 4 | -d u t ē | absurdity, commodity, heredity, nudity, oddity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-t-y" | |
-2 letters: acidy, dicta, dicty. | |
-3 letters: acid, adit, cadi, caid, city, dita, tidy. | |
-4 letters: act, aid, ait, cad, cat, cay, day, dit, icy, tad, tic, yid. | |
-5 letters: ad, ai, at, ay, id, it, ta, ti, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-t-y" | |
+1 letter: acridity, dialytic. | |
+2 letters: dynamitic, mydriatic, placidity, rancidity. | |
+3 letters: acidimetry, cordiality, dictionary, dynamistic, flaccidity, indicatory, mydriatics, radiolytic. | |
+4 letters: cardinality, deistically, dictionally, dithyrambic, educability, eidetically, identically, idiotically, myocarditis, syndicalist, syndicating, syndication, triadically, tyrannicide, vindicatory. | |
+5 letters: aperiodicity, decidability, diatonically, dichotically, didactically, dietetically, diuretically, hyperacidity, incidentally, indelicately, indicatively, intermediacy, sadistically, syndicalists, syndications, tyrannicides, veridicality. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 69 64 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. .. -.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c i d i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0069 0064 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35697570758691 |
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