The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n. [Cf. F. sulfite. See Sulphur.]
(Chem.) A salt of sulphurous acid; -- called also sulfite.
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A person who is spontaneous and original in his habits of thought and conversation. [Archaic Slang] -- Sul*phit"ic, a. [Slang]
A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.
--Gelett Burgess.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
salt of sulfurous acid, 1790, from sulfur + -ite (2).
Wiktionary
alt. (context American spelling inorganic chemistry English) Any salt of sulfurous acid. n. (context American spelling inorganic chemistry English) Any salt of sulfurous acid.
Wikipedia
Sulfites or sulphites are compounds that contain the sulfite ion (or the sulfate(IV) ion, from its correct systematic name), . The sulfite ion is the conjugate base of bisulfite. Although its acid ( sulfurous acid) is elusive, its salts are widely used.
Sulfites are substances that naturally occur in some foods and the human body. They are also used as regulated food additives.
Usage examples of "sulfite".
Kallet went on to indict the purveyors of ground meat for their rampant use of preservative chemicals, such as sodium sulfite, citing a study that found sulfite in seventy-one of the seventy-six hamburgers sampled.
Many fungi are grown in large masses on cheap carbohydrate material, such as molasses, vegetable waste, potatoes, and sulfite waste liquor from the wood-pulping industry.
Deon Cash liked coconut cream pie and that Jane Warr was allergic to sulfites used as a preservative.
Hevea latex can be stabilized by the addition of ammonia or sodium sulfite (CE), and then concentrated (much like separating cream from milk) for shipping.
They knew he ran four miles a day, did not smoke, was allergic to sulfites, had no tonsils, had a blue Mazda, had a crazy mother and once threw three interceptions in one quarter.