Corrosiveness

Corrosiveness
Corrosive Cor*ro"sive, n. 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [1913 Webster]

[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. [1913 Webster]

Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. --Hooker. -- {Cor*ro"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Cor*ro"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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  • corrosiveness — corrosive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ tending to cause corrosion. ► NOUN ▪ a corrosive substance. DERIVATIVES corrosively adverb corrosiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • corrosiveness — noun see corrosive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • corrosiveness — See corrosively. * * * …   Universalium

  • corrosiveness — noun a) The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony. b) Such property in some immaterial agent. Syn: corrosivity …   Wiktionary

  • corrosiveness — Смотри коррозионная активность …   Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии

  • corrosiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Irony or bitterness, as of tone: acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm, trenchancy. See LAUGHTER, RESPECT …   English dictionary for students

  • corrosiveness — cor ro·sive·ness || əʊsɪvnɪs n. state or quality of being corrosive; destructiveness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • corrosiveness — n. Causticity, acridness, virulence, acrimony …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • corrosiveness — n causticity, causticness, mordancy, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acidity, acidness, sharpness, bitingness; consumptiveness, devouringness, corrosivity, Chem. oxidizability; erosivity, ero siveness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • corrosiveness — cor·ro·sive·ness …   English syllables

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