Meaning of acid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
2. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar
3. A sour substance.
   countable, uncountable
4. Sour-tempered
5. Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid.
   countable, uncountable
6. Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic
7. Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid.
   countable, uncountable
8. Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock
9. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid.
   countable, uncountable
10. A sour substance
11. Any corrosive substance.
    countable, uncountable
12. LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide.
    slang, uncountable

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Examples

“SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant⟳ growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.”

“You are in error. / This is terror. / This is your banishment. This land⟳ is mine. / This is what you earn⟳. / This is the Law of No Return⟳. / This is the sour dough, this the sweet wine. / This is my history, this my race⟳ / And this unhappy man threw acid in my face⟳.”

“In the end⟳, though, there is one sure way to distinguish a real hippie from his assorted sympathizers: hippies drop acid. That is, real hippies frequently, if irregularly, ingest LSD.”

“SQLite relies on native file⟳ locking and page journaling to implement ACID properties.”

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