AMPHOTERIC


Meaning of AMPHOTERIC in English

/am'feuh ter"ik/ , adj. Chem.

capable of functioning either as an acid or as a base.

[ 1840-50; amphóter ( os ) (comp. of ámpho both; c. L ambo ) + -IC ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .