Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The unsaturated dicarboxylic acid CH2=C(COOH)CH2.COOH, also called
methylenesuccynic acid andpropylene dicarboxylic acid .
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- noun chemistry one of the
isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by thedistillation ofcitric acid , or asmetabolites bymicroorganisms , CH2=C(CO2H)-CH2CO2H
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- noun a crystalline carboxylic acid; occurs in some fermentations of sugars
Etymologies
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Derived from an anagram of aconitic.
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