polyprotic

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *próder.

Ancient Greek πρό (pró)

Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos)

Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton)lbor.

English proton

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English protic

English polyprotic

From poly- + protic.

Adjective

polyprotic (comparative more polyprotic, superlative most polyprotic)

1. (chemistry, of an acid or a base) That can donate (or accept) more than one proton; polybasic.
   • 1946, Alexander Smith, Smith's College Chemistry, page 267:

     Many acids, however, are able to furnish more than one proton per molecule; these are known as polyprotic acids.

   • 2011, Steven S. Zumdahl, Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach‎^[1]:

     Some important acids, such as sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄) and phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) can furnish more than one proton and are called polyprotic acids.

   • 2012, Daniel C. Harris, Exploring Chemical Analysis‎^[2], page 233:

     Carbonic acid from CO₂ and amino acids from proteins are examples of polyprotic acids—those having more than one acidic proton.

Translations

able to donate more than one proton

• Dutch: meerwaardig (nl)
• Hungarian: többértékű (hu)
• Italian: poliprotico

Anagrams

• polytropic