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bi·car·bo·nate

[bahy-kahr-buh-nit, -neyt] Pronunciation Key

–noun Chemistry.

a salt of carbonic acid, containing the HCO₃⁻¹ group; an acid carbonate, as sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO₃.

[Origin: 1810–20; bi-¹ + carbonate

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bi·car·bon·ate (bī-kär'bə-nāt', -nĭt) Pronunciation Key
n. The radical group HCO₃ or a compound, such as sodium bicarbonate, containing it.

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bicarbonate

1819, from bi- + carbonate (see carbon).

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bicarbonate
noun
a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate

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bicarbonate (bī-kär'bə-nāt') Pronunciation Key
The group HCO₃ or a compound containing it, such as sodium bicarbonate. When heated, bicarbonates give off carbon dioxide.

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bicarbonate bi·car·bon·ate (bī-kär'bə-nāt', -nĭt)
n.
The radical group HCO₃ or a compound, such as sodium bicarbonate, containing it.

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Main Entry: bi·car·bon·ate
Pronunciation: (')bI-'kär-b&-"nAt, -n&t
Function: noun
: an acid carbonate

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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.

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