oxy-salt Chem.
(ˈɒksɪsɔːlt)
Also oxi-.
[f. oxy- 2 + salt.]
A salt containing oxygen; a salt of an oxyacid.
| 1836–41 Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 593 The oxidizement of a metal is an essential preliminary to the formation of its oxy⁓salts, or, in other words, to its combinations with oxy-acids. 1841 Schönbein in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 210 Mixed with chemically pure..sulphuric acid, with phosphoric acid, nitric acid, potash, and a series of oxi-salts. 1882 Vines Sachs's Bot. 698 Oxygen is introduced into the plant in the form of water, carbon dioxide, and oxy-salts. |