tetrabasic acid

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   an acid containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule

   Broaderacid

Questions about tetrabasic acid

What does tetrabasic acid mean?

tetrabasic acid means "an acid containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms per molecule".

Is tetrabasic acid a common word?

tetrabasic 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.