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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting an acid, a colorless compound, , prepared by boiling citraconic acid with dilute nitric acid. It crystallizes in slender needles, melting at 202° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.

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