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Oxalic Acid

Definition: Oxalic Acid

Oxalic Acid

Noun

1. A toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis.

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Specialty Definitions: Oxalic Acid

DomainDefinitions

Chemistry

An acid that occurs in various plants as oxalates and is used esp. as a bleaching or cleaning agent. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

A strong dicarboxylic acid occurring in many plants and vegetables. It is produced in the body by metabolism of glyoxylic acid or ascorbic acid. It is not metabolized but excreted in the urine. It is used as an analytical reagent and general reducing agent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Oxalic Acid

Synonym: ethanedioic acid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Oxalic Acid

English words defined with "oxalic acid": BinoxalateDesoxalic, Dibasic, Dicarbonicformic acidGlyoxal, Glyoxalicoxalate, Oxalyl, Oxamic, Oxamide, Oxanilic, OxanilideRoccellicSalts of lemon, Subericuranyl oxalate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "oxalic acid": Calcium OxalateDISTILLER IIOxalates, Oxalic Acids, Oxaloacetic Acids. (references)
Etymologies containing "oxalic acid": Alloxan. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Oxalic Acid

DomainTitle

Books

  • Standardizing a Sodium Hydroxide Solution with Oxalic Acid (reference)

  • Oxalic Acid in Biology and Medicine (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Oxalic Acid

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Health

As mentioned previously, oxalic acid, which is present at high levels in some vegetables (e.g., spinach), has been found to depress absorption of the calcium present in the food but not of calcium in coingested dairy or other calcium-containing foods. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Oxalic Acid

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

oxalic acid

118
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Modern Translation: Oxalic Acid

Language Translations for "oxalic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

oxalsyre (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

oxaalzuur (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid), zuringzuur (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid), ethaandizuur (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

oksaalihappo (micrographic etching with oxalic acid). (various references)

   

French

  

acide oxalique, acide éthanedionique, acide éthanedioïque. (various references)

   

German

  

Oxalsaeure (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οξαλικό οξύ (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sóskasav (oxalic), oxálsav. (various references)

   

Italian

  

acido ossalico (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"酸 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅうさ" (autumnsilkworms, collection and distribution, collectionand distribution). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oxalicay aciday

   

Portuguese

  

ácido oxálico (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

acid oxalic. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ácido oxálico (ethanedioic acid, ethanedionic acid). (various references)

   

Thai

  

สารมีพิษซึ่งไม่มีสี. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Oxalic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-i-i-l-o-x"

-3 letters: accidia, coaxial, codicil.

-4 letters: acidic, alcaic, alodia, calico, cicada, cicala, cloaca, coaxal, oxalic, oxidic.

-5 letters: aalii, acold, aioli, alcid, axial, cacao, calix, cilia, coala, colic, coxal, dolci, iliac, iliad, iodic, oidia.

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Alternative Orthography: Oxalic Acid


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 78 61 6C 69 63      41 63 69 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01111000 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#120 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#105 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0078 0061 006C 0069 0063      0041 0063 0069 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

499067787569235697570

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Oxalic Acid"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danez, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, holandés, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, finlandés, finés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, neamţ, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, greacã, griego

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, húngaro, ชาวฮังการี

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, japonés, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjapanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonezã, japonés, คนญี่ปุ่น, าษาญี่ปุ่น, เกี่ยวกับญี่ปุ่น

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portughez, portugués

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, rumano

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, español

Thai

พจนานุกรมthailænder, Thais, Thai, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, たい", tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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