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Acidity

//əˈsɪd.ɪ.ti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being acid. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the property of being acidic wordnet
  3. 3
    Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste. countable, uncountable

    "the acidity of lemon juice"

  4. 4
    pH values below 7 wordnet
  5. 5
    Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth wordnet
  2. 7
    A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    ""What shall we call it?" he asked. "Why should you not take the chance of perpetuating your own name?" said Summerlee, with his usual touch of acidity."

Etymology

From French acidité, from Latin aciditātem, accusative singular of aciditās (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). Equivalent to acid + -ity.

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