Permanganate

2 definitions found

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

  Permanganate \Per*man"ga*nate\, n. (Chem.)
     A salt of permanganic acid.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Potassium permanganate}. (Chem.) See {Potassium
        permanganate}, under {Potassium}.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  permanganate
       n : a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it
           is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic