sulfite
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See also: Sulfite
Alternative forms
- sulphite (mainly UK)
Etymology
From sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sulfite (plural sulfites)
- (American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.
Derived terms
- beryllium sulfite, beryllium sulphite
- bisulfite, bisulphite
- cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite
- hydrogen sulfite, hydrogen sulphite
- hydrosulfite, hydrosulphite
- hyposulfite, hyposulphite
- potassium sulfite
- pyrosulfite, pyrosulphite
- sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulphite
- sodium sulfite, sodium sulphite
- sulfite of lime, sulphite of lime
- sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda
- sulfite pulp, sulphite pulp
- thiosulfite, thiosulphite
Translations
salt of sulfurous acid
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Noun
sulfite m (plural sulfites)
Further reading
- “sulfite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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