 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acidity
noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acidity \A*cid"i*ty\, noun [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.
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
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