Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from glycerin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin.
- adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective organic chemistry Of or pertaining to
glycerol - adjective organic chemistry Of or pertaining to
glyceric acid or its derivatives
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Examples
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The fermentation of dioxyaceton to glycerol and glyceric acid in the presence of phosphates by the effect of
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Boutnny and Faucher, of Vonges, [A] proposed to prepare nitro-glycerine by mixing the sulphuric acid with the glycerine, thus forming a sulpho-glyceric acid, which was afterwards mixed with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids.
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