acid

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
2. Sour-tempered.
3. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
4. Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Noun

1. A sour substance.
2. Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
3. Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
4. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
5. Any corrosive substance.
6. (slang) LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæsɪd/

Etimologie (Engels)

From French acide, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), from aceō (“I am sour”). Doublet of agita.

Sinne

Red and green bell peppers are high in para-coumaric acid .