noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An acid that does not contain any oxygen; they are all binary compounds of hydrogen plus either a halogen (for example, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydroiodic acid, hydrobromic acid) or a pseudohalogen.

Synonyms

All synonyms

acidacidityagentalkalianionantacid

Etymology

From hydro- + acid.