sulphonic acid

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   an acid derived from sulphuric acid

   Synonymssulfonic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about sulphonic acid

What does sulphonic acid mean?

sulphonic acid means "an acid derived from sulphuric acid".

What is another word for sulphonic acid?

Close synonyms include sulfonic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sulphonic acid a common word?

sulphonic 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.