Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing four atoms of carbon in the molecule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also
isocrotonic acid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
quartenylic acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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quartene + -yl + -ic
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