Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in xanthic acid and its compounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic, rare, rare The hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid.
- noun rare Persulphocyanogen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry, dated Formerly, a
hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic ofxanthic acid .
Etymologies
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xanth- + -o- + -gen
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