'Supercarbonate' definitions:
Definition of 'Supercarbonate'
From: GCIDE
- Supercarbonate \Su`per*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.) A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'supercarbonate'
From: GCIDE
- Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster] Bicarbureted