| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amphoteric |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·pho·ter·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m f -t r  k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having the characteristics of an acid and a base and capable of reacting chemically either as an acid or a base. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek amphoteros, each of two, from amph , both.
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