osmic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: os=mic

CIDE DICTIONARY

osmic, a. 

 Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide.  [1913 Webster]

Osmic acid. (Chem.) (a) Osmic tetroxide. [Obs.] (b) Osmic acid proper, an acid analogous to sulphuric acid, not known in the free state, but forming a well-known and stable series of salts (osmates), which were formerly improperly called osmites. -- Osmic tetroxide (Chem.), a white volatile crystalline substance, OsO4, the most stable and characteristic of the compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong chlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called osmic acid.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

osmic, adj. of or relating to odours or the sense of smell.

Derivative

osmically adv.

Etymology

Gk osme smell, odour