Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from gums. Specifically applied to an acid (C6H1008) formed by the oxidizing action of dilute nitric acid on sugar of milk, gum, pectin bodies, or mannite. It forms a white crystalline powder, difficultly soluble in cold water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gums and micilaginous substances; specif., denoting an acid obtained by the oxidation of gums, dulcite, etc., as a white crystalline substance isomeric with saccharic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective organic chemistry Of or pertaining to
mucic acid or its derivatives
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Examples
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Have good mucic on in the background sometimes when you are teaching them to cook or doing chores together and sing together.
Songs Women Loved 2007
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In spite of an intellectual appreciaton of the Wagner/Strauss influence in Elgar's mucic my own Elgar-England link was forged when I was about fourteen or so.
Sticking up for Edu Jessica 2007
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She wanted to listen to this cd of hers that has a bunch of Italian mucic on it.
Read It! j-ku 2007
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Trampy clothes, awful pop mucic BLARING in every stupid store, high prices, trashy sales clerks and even worse clothes!
super-suzan Diary Entry super-suzan 2006
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HCl it gave 15.3 p.ct. furfural; oxidised with nitric acid it yielded 10.4 p.ct. mucic acid.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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He also obtained a gummy substance which, on hydrolysis, gave rise to a reducing sugar; and as it gave mucic acid and furfurol on oxidation, he concluded that it was a compound of pentose and galactose.
All About Coffee 1909
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In 1780 he discovered lactic acid,7and showed that it was the substance that caused the acidity of sour milk; and in the same year he discovered mucic acid.
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That monotony of form, those commonplace cadenzas, those endless bravura passages introduced at haphazard irrespective of the dramatic situation, that recurrent _crescendo_ that Rossini brought into vogue, are now an integral part of every composition; those vocal fireworks result in a sort of babbling, chattering, vaporous mucic, of which the sole merit depends on the greater or less fluency of the singer and his rapidity of vocalization.
Gambara Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Charkyo You know how there are two pictures from @joemcelderry91 school vist on the climb mucic video?
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Joji Sakurai 2010
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In fact, it has been shown that Amla does not contain any significant amount of vitamin C, but instead other organic acids (such as malic acid and mucic acid) and various common tannoids (small tannin-like molecules) and some unique tannins, one or more of which were mistaken for vitamin C in the initial tests conducted more than 50 years ago.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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