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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun acidity has 3 senses
- acidity(n = noun.attribute) sour, sourness - the property of being acidic; Array is a kind of taste property
- acidity(n = noun.cognition) acidulousness - the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth; Array is a kind of sour, sourness, tartness
- acidity(n = noun.attribute) Array - pH values below 7; Array is a kind of ph, ph scale
has particulars: acerbity, tartness, vinegariness, vinegarishness
Derived form adjective acid3
has particulars: hyperacidity
Antonym: alkalinity
CIDE DICTIONARY
acidity, n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F. acidité. See Acid.].
The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
acidity, n. (pl. -ies) an acid quality or state, esp. an excessively acid condition of the stomach.
THESAURUS
acidity
acerbity, acescency, acid, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acrimony, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, animosity, anion, antacid, asperity, astringency, atom, base, bile, biochemical, bite, bitingness, bitter resentment, bitterness, bitterness of spirit, cation, causticity, causticness, chemical, chemical element, choler, chromoisomer, compound, copolymer, corrosiveness, cuttingness, dimer, dryness, edge, element, fierceness, gall, gnashing of teeth, greenness, grip, hard feelings, harshness, heartburning, heavy chemicals, high polymer, homopolymer, hydracid, hyperacidity, incisiveness, inorganic chemical, ion, isomer, keenness, macromolecule, metamer, molecule, monomer, mordacity, mordancy, neutralizer, nonacid, organic chemical, oxyacid, piercingness, piquancy, poignancy, point, polymer, pseudoisomer, pungency, radical, rancor, rankling, reagent, rigor, roughness, severity, sharpness, slow burn, soreness, sour, sourishness, sourness, spleen, stabbingness, sting, stridency, stringency, subacidity, sulfacid, tartishness, tartness, teeth, trenchancy, trimer, unripeness, unsweetness, vehemence, verjuice, vinegariness, vinegarishness, violence, virulenceROGET THESAURUS
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Sourness
N sourness, acid, acidity, low pH, acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation, vinegar, verjuice, crab, alum, acetic acid, lactic acid, sour, acid, acidulous, acidulated, tart, crabbed, acetous, acetose, acerb, acetic, sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent, subacid, styptic, hard, rough, sour as a lemon, (4) Odor.
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