carbamic acid

carbamic acid
noun
an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane)
Hypernyms: ↑acid

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\(ˈ)kär|bamik-\ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary carb- + amide + -ic
: an acid NH2COOH known in the form of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) and esters (as urethan) : the half amide of carbonic acid

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a hypothetical chemical compound, NH3CO2, known only in the form of its salts, as ammonium carbamate, or its esters, as urethan.
[1860-65]

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carbamˈic acid noun
An acid, NH2COOH, which occurs only as its derivatives including its esters, the urethanes
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Main Entry:carbamate

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  • carbamic acid — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary carbamide + 1 ic Date: 1869 an acid CH3NO2 known in the form of salts and esters that is a half amide of carbonic acid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • carbamic acid — noun amino formic acid, NHCOOH; is too unstable to have been isolated, but its esters and salts are known …   Wiktionary

  • carbamic acid — a hypothetical chemical compound, NH3CO2, known only in the form of its salts, as ammonium carbamate, or its esters, as urethan. [1860 65] * * * …   Universalium

  • carbamic acid — car•bam′ic ac′id [[t]kɑrˈbæm ɪk[/t]] n. chem. a compound, NH3CO2, known only in the form of its salts or its esters • Etymology: 1860–65; carb +am ( ide)+ ic …   From formal English to slang

  • carbamic acid — /kaˌbæmɪk ˈæsəd/ (say kah.bamik asuhd) noun a hypothetical compound, NH2COOH, known only in the form of its salts and esters. {carb + am(ide) + ic} …  

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