'acetyl-acrylic acid' definitions:
Definition of 'acetyl-acrylic acid'
- Tetrinic \Te*trin"ic\, a. [See Tetra-.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid,
C5H6O3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so
called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of
four carbon atoms. Called also acetyl-acrylic acid.
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