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Basicity vs Baricity - What's the difference?

basicity | baricity |

As nouns the difference between basicity and baricity

is that basicity is (uncountable) the condition of being basic while baricity is (chemistry|medicine) the density of a substance compared to the density of human cerebral spinal fluid.

basicity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being basic
  • (countable, chemistry) The degree to which a substance is basic
  • (countable, chemistry) The number of replaceable hydrogen atoms in a molecule of an acid

    • See also

    * acidity

    baricity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (chemistry, medicine) The density of a substance compared to the density of human cerebral spinal fluid.
    • Baricity is used in anesthesia to determine the manner in which a particular drug will spread in the intrathecal space.