acid

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste

   Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

   • acid fruits or liquors
2. 2

   Sour-tempered.

   • His response was harsh and acid.
   • His voice was as stern and his face as acid as ever.
   • It must be admitted that Challenger is provocative in the last degree, but Summerlee has an acid tongue, which makes matters worse.
3. 3

   Of or pertaining to an acid

   Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

   • acid soils
   • Like other nyssas, it is in nature a creature of swampy places and looks loveliest where massed close to water and reflected in it, but justifies itself elsewhere if the soil is moist and acid, succeeding in wet clay.
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   1. 4

      Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing…

      Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

   2. 5

      A sour substance.

   3. 6

      Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water

      Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.

   4. 7

      Any compound that easily donates protons to a base

      Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.

   5. 8

      Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond

      Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.

   6. 9

      Any corrosive substance.

   7. 10

      LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

      • In the end, though, there is one sure way to distinguish a real hippie from his assorted sympathizers: hippies drop acid. That is, real hippies frequently, if irregularly, ingest LSD.
   8. 11

      Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that…

      Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.

      • SQLite relies on native file locking and page journaling to implement ACID properties.

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