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Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.

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  1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.
  2. Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation. Hyposulphurous acid. (a) Thiosulphuric acid. [Obs.] (b) An acid, H2SO2, obtained by the reduction of sulphurous acid. It is not obtained in the free state, but in an orange-yellow water solution, which is a strong reducing and bleaching agent. Called also hydrosulphurous acid.
  3. Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a lowstate of oxidation. Hyposulphurous acid. (a) Thiosulphuric acid.[Obs.] (b) An acid, H2SO2, obtained by the reduction of sulphurousacid. It is not obtained in the free state, but in an orange-yellowwater solution, which is a strong reducing and bleaching agent.Called also hydrosulphurous acid.
  4. a. Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur, all, or a part, in a low state of oxidation.