How do you use Formic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like acid, plus the exact meaning.
Formic meaning
- Of or pertaining to ants.
- Of, pertaining to or derived from formic acid (or from methane).
Synonyms of Formic
Using Formic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to ants. | Of, pertaining to or derived from formic acid (or from methane).
- Useful related words include: hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter.
- In the example corpus, formic often appears in combinations such as: formic acid, and formic, with formic.
Context around Formic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Formic
- In this selection, "formic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spray, missing, using, acid and queen stand out and add context to how "formic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acid and formic acid are and acid and formic acid at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "formic" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with formic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Then poison you with formic acid. (6 words)
On consumption, methanol changes into formic acid inside the body. (10 words)
Acids such as trifluoroacetic acid and formic acid may also be used. (12 words)
Inspired by earlier work led by Sandia researcher Craig Taatjes in combustion chemistry, Sandia physical chemist David Osborn and his colleagues hypothesized that vinyl alcohol could be a chemical precursor to the missing formic acid. (35 words)
Iron gall inks require storage in a stable environment, because fluctuating relative humidity increases the rate that formic acid, acetic acid, and furan derivatives form in the material the ink was used on. (33 words)
Acetic acid and formic acid are produced by the carbonylation of methanol, conducted with iodide and alkoxide promoters, respectively, and often with high pressures of carbon monoxide, usually involving additional hydrolytic steps. (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
Instead of using the methanol to accelerate the mind, the body inexplicably breaks it down into formaldehyde and formic acid.
On consumption, methanol changes into formic acid inside the body.
Their main weapons are a pair of ferocious jaws; after they bite they also like to spray formic acid into the wound, just to be jerks.
Then poison you with formic acid.
Inspired by earlier work led by Sandia researcher Craig Taatjes in combustion chemistry, Sandia physical chemist David Osborn and his colleagues hypothesized that vinyl alcohol could be a chemical precursor to the missing formic acid.
Acetic acid and formic acid are produced by the carbonylation of methanol, conducted with iodide and alkoxide promoters, respectively, and often with high pressures of carbon monoxide, usually involving additional hydrolytic steps.
Acids such as trifluoroacetic acid and formic acid may also be used.
Ender has spent much of his early adult life traveling between human colonies with his sister Valentine to find a home for the Formic queen to repopulate her species.
Iron gall inks require storage in a stable environment, because fluctuating relative humidity increases the rate that formic acid, acetic acid, and furan derivatives form in the material the ink was used on.
It is seen in ice at high pressure, and also in the solid phase of many anhydrous acids such as hydrofluoric acid and formic acid at high pressure.
Later, Ender goes to plant the Formic Queen's egg as she has requested.
Latex is generally processed into either latex concentrate for manufacture of dipped goods or it can be coagulated under controlled, clean conditions using formic acid.
Type 304 is also commonly used with formic acid though it will tend to discolor the solution.
When formic acid is the carboxylic acid, the reaction yields the parent acridine.
Common combinations with formic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: