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osmic |
1 definition found 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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