PERMANGANATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does permanganate mean? • PERMANGANATE (noun)
The noun PERMANGANATE has 1 sense:
1. a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic
Familiarity information: PERMANGANATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERMANGANATE (noun)
Meaning:
A dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("permanganate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permanganate"):
permanganate of potash; potassium permanganate (a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic)
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