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ACID initialism analysis console for intrusion databases (databases) Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability (see Wikipedia:ACID, Wikipedia article on this topic) *Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for ACID* for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

acid noun A sour substance. (chemistry) Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts. (chemistry) Any compound that easily donates protons. (chemistry) Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond. (slang) Commonly used shortened form of the drug lysergic acid diethylamide, lysergic acid or LSD. *Translations:* Dutch: zuur^(nl)n French: m^{(fr, acide)}f German: Lysergsí¤ure-diethylamid_(de) Italian: acido lisergico^{(it, acido, m}}, {{t-, it)}m Spanish: í¡cido^(es)m adjective sour, Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. (figuratively) Sour-tempered. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic. *Translations:* Dutch: zuur^(nl) French: m^{(fr, acide)}f German: sauer^(de) Italian: acido^(it) Spanish: í¡cido^(es) *Etymology:* From (term, acide, lang=fr), or (term, acidus, , sour, lang=la), from (term, acidere, acidÄre, to be sour, lang=la). *Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for acid* for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

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