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FULMINIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fulminic acid mean?
• FULMINIC ACID (noun)
The noun FULMINIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. (CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid
Familiarity information: FULMINIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("fulminic acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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