Acidity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acidity \A*cid"i*ty\, n. [L. acidites, fr. acidus: cf. F.
     acidit['e]. See {Acid}.]
     The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to
     the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acidity
       n 1: the property of being acidic [syn: {sourness}, {sour}]
       2: the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the
          mouth [syn: {acidulousness}]
       3: pH values below 7 [ant: {alkalinity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, virulence