osmic

English

Etymology

Adjective

osmic (not comparable)

(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence.
osmic oxide

Derived terms

osmic acid
osmic tetroxide

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for osmic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

'omics, -omics, micos, omics

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