Bicarbonate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bicarbonate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bicarbonate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bicarbonate n a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate Synonym(s): bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bicarbonate \Bicar"bonate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called {supercarbonate}.