Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting an acid, C5H10(COOH)2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids.
  • adjective Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to pimelic acid or its derivatives

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Examples

  • On the basis of this formulation of irene and the production of ββγ-trimethyl pimelic acid by ozonization of irone, structural formulæ have been postulated for this ketone by Ruzicka and his co-workers.

    Science Maxine 2009

  • On the basis of this formulation of irene and the production of ββγ-trimethyl pimelic acid by ozonization of irone, structural formulæ have been postulated for this ketone by Ruzicka and his co-workers.

    Distribution of the Double Linkings in Irone Maxine 2008

  • On the basis of this formulation of irene and the production of ββγ-trimethyl pimelic acid by ozonization of irone, structural formulæ have been postulated for this ketone by Ruzicka and his co-workers.

    Distribution of the Double Linkings in Irone Maxine 2008

  • On the basis of this formulation of irene and the production of ββγ-trimethyl pimelic acid by ozonization of irone, structural formulæ have been postulated for this ketone by Ruzicka and his co-workers.

    May 2008 Maxine 2008

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