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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Obtained by heating tartaric acid in a close vessel: as, pyrotartaric acid (C5H8O4).

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of tartaric acid.

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  • adjective chemistry of, or relating to pyrotartaric acid or its derivatives

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