isopoly acid

noun

iso·​poly acid

: any of a large group of complex oxygen-containing acids derived from a single inorganic acid by elimination of water from two or more molecules

—distinguished from heteropoly acid

Word History

Etymology

isopoly International Scientific Vocabulary isopoly-

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