Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ostwald's_theory_of_indicators

1 sense of ostwald's theory of indicators

Sense 1
theory of indicators, Ostwald's theory of indicators -- ((chemistry) the theory that all indicators are either weak acids or weak bases in which the color of the ionized form is different from the color before dissociation)
       => scientific theory -- (a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable")