English dictionary
tetrinic
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adjective
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of <i>four</i> carbon atoms. Called also <i>acetyl-acrylic acid</i>.
Source: webster1913