monobasic, a. Chem.
(mɒnəʊˈbeɪsɪk)
[f. mono- + base n.1 + -ic.]
Having one base, or one atom of a base. Of an acid: Containing one atom of replaceable hydrogen. Also = monatomic.
| 1842 T. Graham Elem. Chem. 167 Monobasic salts. 1849 D. Campbell Inorg. Chem. 140 Solutions of bibasic or mono⁓basic phosphate of soda. 1862 Miller Elem. Chem. (ed. 2) III. 52 Monatomic or monobasic elements, one atom of which is in combination equivalent to..one atom of hydrogen. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. (1871) 349 Formic acid is monobasic. |