a. Chem. [f. BROM-INE + -IC.] Containing bromine in chemical combination; bromic silver, the native bromide of silver (AgBr), BROMYRITE; bromic acid (HBrO3), the acid which forms bromates.
1828. Webster, Chem. (ed. 2), 109. Bromine unites with oxygen to form bromic acid.
1857. Dana, Min., vi. (ed. 2), 328. Iodic Silver, Bromic Silver. Silver also occurs in nature united with iodine and bromine.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 81. The bromic salts.