fluoric

[ floo-awr-ik, -or- ]

/ fluˈɔr ɪk, -ˈɒr- /

Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.

Mineralogy. of, relating to, or derived from fluorite.

Origin of fluoric

From the French word fluorique, dating back to 1780–90. See fluor-, -ic

Thus, in Derbyshire (England), where the soil is supplied with fluoric acid, grain is said never to lodge.

The Elements of Agriculture |George E. Waring
It is the product of decomposed granite owing to the action of fluoric acid.

Cornwall |G. E. Mitton
He made further experiments also on the decomposition of boracic, fluoric, and muriatic acids.

The Royal Institution |Bence Jones
They are like clear glass, which fluoric acid etches indelibly, but which comes out of vitriol intact.

The Intellectual Life |=Philip Gilbert Hamerton

This flash may be lightened or removed at pleasure by fluoric acid.

The Bases of Design |Walter Crane

fluoric

/ (fluːˈɔːrɪk) /

of, concerned with, or produced from fluorine or fluorspar