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periodic acid definition

peri·odic acid (pʉr′ī äd′ik)

a white crystalline solid, HIO, formed by careful oxidation of iodine or iodic acid: it is a strong oxidizing agent

Etymology: per- + iodic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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