acidity
The quality or state of being acid.
Other meanings
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
“the acidity of lemon juice”
Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
Related words
- anacidity
- hyperacidity
- hypoacidity
- nonacidity
- subacidity
- superacidity
- Hammett acidity function
- acidity function
- acidity regulator
Word history
From Latin "aciditātem".
Where this comes from
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