(Chem.)

(Chem.), an acid derived from osmium, analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming unstable salts. It is a brown amorphous substance.

See also: Osmious

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Osmious acid