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Another word for acidity

Noun

  1. Irony or bitterness, as of tone

    2. See also:

    respect

    laughter

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Sentence Examples

  • It tends to destroy insects and weeds, and gets rid of acidity of the soil.

  • At the same time the acidity is markedly reduced.

  • at the end of the melting down, dephosphorization is then impeded by the temporary acidity of the slag, as just explained.

  • In 1780 he proved that the acidity of sour milk is due to what was afterwards called lactic acid; and by boiling milk sugar with nitric acid he obtained mucic acid.

  • This reduction of acidity is partly due to the deposition of various salts of tartaric acid, which are less soluble in a dilute alcoholic medium than in water, and partly to the action of micro-organisms. Young wines differ very widely in their composition according to class and vintage.

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