teracrylic

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Noting an acid, a colorless liquid, C₇H₁₂O₂, prepared by the distillation of terpenylic acid. It has an odor of valeric and capric acids, and boils at 218° C.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.