Basylous

//ˈbæsɪləs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electropositive; basic. obsolete

    "But suppose the hydrochloric acid to be mixed with a solution of sulphate of copper (the component atoms of which are likewise undergoing a change of place), the basylous elements, hydrogen and copper, then no longer limit their change of place to the circle of atoms with which they were at first combined[…]"

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"But suppose the hydrochloric acid to be mixed with a solution of sulphate of copper (the component atoms of which are likewise undergoing a change of place), the basylous elements, hydrogen and copper, then no longer limit their change of place to the circle of atoms with which they were at first combined[…]"

Etymology

From basyle + -ous.

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