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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- andpara- methyl benzoic acid , derived fromtoluene
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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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