Found 3 items, similar to Corrosive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: corrosive bahan perusak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: corrosive corrosive adj : of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, erosive, vitriolic] n : a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Corrosive 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] Corrosive \Cor*ro"sive\ (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. “Corrosive liquors.” --Grew. “Corrosive famine.” --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. [1913 Webster] Care is no cure, but corrosive. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Corrosive sublimate (Chem.), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride . It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury. [1913 Webster]