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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osmic  \Os"mic\,  a.  (Chem.) 
  Pertaining  to  derived  from  or  containing,  osmium; 
  specifically,  designating  those  compounds  in  which  it  has  a 
  valence  higher  than  in  other  lower  compounds;  as  osmic 
  oxide. 
 
  {Osmic  acid}.  (Chem.) 
  a  Osmic  tetroxide.  [Obs.] 
  b  Osmic  acid  proper,  an  acid  analogous  to  sulphuric  acid, 
  not  known  in  the  free  state,  but  forming  a  well-known  and 
  stable  series  of  salts  (osmates),  which  were  formerly 
  improperly  called  osmites. 
 
  {Osmic  tetroxide}  (Chem.),  a  white  volatile  crystalline 
  substance,  {OsO4},  the  most  stable  and  characteristic  of 
  the  compounds  of  osmium.  It  has  a  burning  taste,  and  gives 
  off  a  vapor,  which  is  a  powerful  irritant  poison, 
  violently  attacking  the  eyes,  and  emitting  a  strong 
  chlorinelike  odor.  Formerly  improperly  called  {osmic 
  acid}. 




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