• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.
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Te·trin'ic adjective [ See
Tetra- .]
(Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C
5 H
6 O
3 , obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of
four carbon atoms...
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