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fluoric

[ floo-awr-ik, -or- ]

adjective

  1. Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
  2. Mineralogy. of, relating to, or derived from fluorite.


fluoric

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adjective

  1. of, concerned with, or produced from fluorine or fluorspar
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of fluoric1

From the French word fluorique, dating back to 1780–90. See fluor-, -ic
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Fluoric acid and Lilium tig. have pain confined to a small spot in any location, while Oxalic acid has a pain confined to small longitudinal spots.

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Stereochromy, ster′ē-Å-krÅ-mi, n. a process of painting on stone or plaster-work, the colours rendered permanent by a solution of fluoric acid.—n.

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It is the product of decomposed granite owing to the action of fluoric acid.

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Flu′oride, a binary compound of fluorine with another element; Flu′orine, an elementary substance allied to chlorine, obtained chiefly from fluor; Flu′orotype, a photographic process in which salts of fluoric acid were employed for the purpose of producing images in the camera; Fluosil′icate, a compound of fluosilicic acid with some base.—adj.

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Note.—The fluoric acid, which is partly absorbed by the water, in the above process, being very corrosive, should not be suffered to touch the hands, nor any valuable vessel whatever.

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