SULFURIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfuric mean? 

• SULFURIC (adjective)
  The adjective SULFURIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or containing sulfur

  Familiarity information: SULFURIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SULFURIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or containing sulfur

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

sulfuric; sulphuric

Context example:

sulphuric esters

Pertainym:

sulfur (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))

Derivation:

sulfur (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))

 Context examples 

An aluminum salt of sulfuric acid, an industrial chemical used in many industrial applications.

(Aluminum Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A new study reports how the mechanism works: When fossil fuels are burned, sulfuric and nitric acid eventually fall back to earth in rain and snow, causing acidification of the soil.

(Previously unknown mechanism causes increased forest water use, National Science Foundation)

The exact composition of Cancell/Entelev is unknown, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has listed the components as inositol, nitric acid, sodium sulfite, potassium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and catechol.

(Cancell, NCI Thesaurus)