† pyrotartarousadj.
Chemistry. Obsolete.
pyrotartarous acid n. = pyrotartaric acid n. at pyrotartaric adj. Compounds.
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1789 R. Kerr tr. A. Lavoisier Elements Chem. 261 The name of Pyro-tartarous acid is given to a dilute empyreumatic acid obtained from purified acidulous tartarite of potash by distillation in a naked fire.
1817 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 5) II. 150 The French chemists..distinguished them by the names of tartarous and pyrotartarous acids; which were afterwards changed into those of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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