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noun

acidity

the property of being acidic

In a sentence

Six example sentences with acidity, each labelled with its topic.

  • A spoon of vinegar restores the acidity a long braise loses, and the sauce suddenly tastes finished.

    Cooking

  • Rising acidity in the bay has thinned oyster shells, and hatcheries now buffer their tanks before spawning season.

    Environment

  • Patients with reflux describe acidity that climbs after late meals, worst when they lie flat within an hour.

    Medicine

  • The class measured the acidity of rainwater with indicator paper, and the strips turned orange near the highway.

    Science

  • Hard sprinting raises the acidity inside working muscle, and that shift is part of the burn a runner feels at the finish.

    Fitness

  • Conservators test the acidity of old paper, since the worst sheets yellow and crumble long before neutral ones do.

    Art

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