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Bicarbonate

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; - sometimes called supercarbonate.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bicarbonate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bicarbonate.html. 1828.