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auric

[awr-ik] / ˈɔr ɪk /




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Such gnomic utterances, and the auric mysteries of the international monetary system, suddenly make the money game more fun to read about than play.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; Ð said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Compounds.—Aurous oxide, Au2O, is obtained by cautiously adding potash to a solution of aurous bromide, or by boiling mixed solutions of auric chloride and mercurous nitrate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Aur′ated, gold-coloured: compounded with auric acid; Aur′eate, gilded: golden.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various