单词 | cetic |
释义 | > as lemmascetic cetic adj. Brit. , U.S. of the whale, or of spermaceti: applied to what was supposed to be a peculiar acid resulting from the saponification of cetin, but which has been ascertained to be only a mixture of margaric acid and cetin.ΚΠ 1818 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 8) II. i. xxii. 330 Chevreul separated..a substance, which he terms cetic acid. It is a white solid, fusible at nearly the same point as spermaceti. 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 310 One of three acids, either the oleïc, margaritic, or cetic; the first being contained in oils, the second in animal fats, the third in spermaceti. < as lemmas |
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