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per⋅salt

[pur-sawlt]
–noun Chemistry.
1. (in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
2. (loosely) the salt of a peroxy acid.

Origin:
1810–20; per- + salt 1
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Main Entry: per·salt
Pronunciation: 'p&r-"solt
Function: noun
1 : a salt containing a relatively large proportion of the acidic element orgroup
2 : a salt of a peracid
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persalt per·salt (pûr'sôlt')
n.
A salt containing the greatest proportion possible of the peroxy group.

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