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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A colorless syrupy acid, C3H6O4, obtained from oxidation of glycerol.

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  1. n. A colourless syrupy organic compound, CH2OH.CHOH.COOH, formed by the oxidation of glycerol or glyceraldehyde.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Chem.) an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a syrupy acid obtained by oxidation of glycerol or glyceraldehyde

Etymologies

  1. glycer(in) + -ic. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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