Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting an acid, a colorless compound, prepared by the oxidation of the corresponding triethylbenzene. It crystallizes in thick prisms, melts above 300° C., and sublimes at a lower temperature. Also called
symmetrical benzene tricarboxylic acid .
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- adjective chemistry Of or pertaining to
trimesic acid or its derivatives.
Etymologies
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tri- (“three”, so called because trimesic acid is tribasic) + mes(itylene) (so called because it was first obtained from mesitylenic acid) + -ic
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