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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of three crystalline isomeric acids, C8H8O2, derived from toluene.

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  • noun organic chemistry any of the three isomers - ortho-, meta- and para- methylbenzoic acid, derived from toluene

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  • noun an isomeric acid derived from toluene

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[tolu(ene) + –ic.]

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