Amphiprotic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
amphotericamphoteric

Etymology

From amphi- + proton + -ic.

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