periodic acid

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   any acid of iodine that contains oxygen

   Broaderoxyacid

Questions about periodic acid

What does periodic acid mean?

periodic acid means "any acid of iodine that contains oxygen".

Is periodic acid a common word?

periodic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.