fluoric

[ floo-awr-ik, -or- ]

adjective

1. Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
2. Mineralogy. of, relating to, or derived from fluorite.

fluoric

/ fluːˈɔːrɪk /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, or produced from fluorine or fluorspar

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluoric¹

From the French word fluorique, dating back to 1780–90. See fluor-, -ic

Example Sentences

Thus, in Derbyshire (England), where the soil is supplied with fluoric acid, grain is said never to lodge.

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There is no acid except the fluoric which can directly dissolve dry or calcined silica.

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It contains fluoric acid, which may be the means of this change.

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They are like clear glass, which fluoric acid etches indelibly, but which comes out of vitriol intact.

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This flash may be lightened or removed at pleasure by fluoric acid.

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