antimonous

[ an-tuh-muh-nuhs, -moh-nuhs ]

adjectiveChemistry.

of or containing antimony, especially in the trivalent state.

Origin of antimonous

First recorded in 1825–35; antimon(y) + -ous

Also an·ti·mo·ni·ous [an-tuh-moh-nee-uhs]. /ˌæn təˈmoʊ ni əs/.

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How to use antimonous in a sentence

Antimonic chloride and potassium iodide react, forming antimonious chloride and free iodine.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Antimony forms two series of salts, antimonious and antimonic; and advantage is taken of this in its determination volumetrically.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The antimony must be in solution as antimonious chloride, and must not be accompanied by an excess of hydrochloric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The product is a mixture of teroxide of antimony, with some unburnt sulphide, and a little antimonious acid.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
This white sublimate is not antimonious acid, but there is mixed with it the oxide of antimony with which the acid is sublimed.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe | Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for antimonous

antimonous

/ (ˈæntɪmənəs) /

adjective

of or containing antimony in the trivalent state

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