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bi⋅sul⋅fate

[bahy-suhl-feyt]
–noun Chemistry.
a salt of sulfuric acid, containing the HSO4 group; an acid sulfate; a hydrogen sulfate, as sodium bisulfate, NaHSO4.
Also, bi⋅sul⋅phate.


Origin:
1860–65; bi- 1 + sulfate
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bi·sul·fate   (bī-sŭl'fāt')   
n.  The univalent inorganic acid group HSO4 or a salt of sulfuric acid containing it.
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Main Entry: bi·sul·fate
Variant: or chiefly British bi·sul·phate /(')bI-'s&l-"fAt/
Function: noun
: an acidsulfate
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bisulfate bi·sul·fate (bī-sŭl'fāt')
n.

  1. The univalent inorganic acid group HSO4.

  2. A salt of sulfuric acid containing this group. Also called acid sulfate.

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