Auric Definition

ôrĭk
adjective
Relating to or containing gold, especially with valence 3.
American Heritage
Of or containing gold.
Webster's New World
Of or containing trivalent gold.
Webster's New World

(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.

Wiktionary

Pertaining to an aura.

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Origin of Auric

  • From Latin aurum gold

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Auric Sentence Examples

  • Auric sight is the ability to sense the colors of the auras of individuals.

  • Aurous iodide, Aul, is a light-yellow, sparingly soluble powder obtained, together with free iodine, by adding potassium iodide to auric chloride; auric iodide, Au13, is formed as a dark-green powder at the same time, but it readily decomposes to aurous iodide and iodine.

  • They are soluble in water and give characteristic precipitates with platinic and auric chlorides, and with potassium ferrocyanide.

  • When a concentrated solution of auric chloride is treated with caustic potash, a brown precipitate of auric hydrate, Au(OH) 3, is obtained, which, on heating, loses water to form auryl hydrate, AuO(OH), and auric oxide, Au 2 0 3.

  • Auric chloride, or gold trichloride, AuC1 3, is a dark rubyred or reddish-brown, crystalline, deliquescent powder obtained by dissolving the metal in aqua regia.

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Words Starting With

AAUAUR

Words Ending With

CICRIC

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Words Starting With A and Ending With C

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