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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called {supercarbonate}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bicarbonate n : a salt of carbonic acid in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate [syn: {hydrogen carbonate}]
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