Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made by heating mellitic acid.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
pyromellitic acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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pyro- + mellitic
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Examples
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Raised up on its dais - its surfaces seeming to emit a pinky-red glow, its compartments opened to reveal dense wiring, the whole assembled out of such unfamiliar components as pyromellitic acid - the satellite looked like one of the most unnatural objects imaginable.
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Raised up on its dais - its surfaces seeming to emit a pinky-red glow, its compartments opened to reveal dense wiring, the whole assembled out of such unfamiliar components as pyromellitic acid - the satellite looked like one of the most unnatural objects imaginable.
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