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Definition of Cerotic
1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.
Definition of Cerotic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to cerotic acid or its derivatives ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cerotic
1. pertaining to beeswax [adj] - See also: beeswax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerotic
Literary usage of Cerotic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"A one per cent solution of pure cerotic acid in boiling alcohol gives no precipitate
with magnesium acetate; the salt separates out only after cooling to ..."
2. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"cerotic Alcohol (C27 H" O) has been prepared by Brodie from Chinese wax, ...
cerotic alcohol is a hard and brittle solid, insoluble in water, but soluble in ..."
3. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"cerotic Acid, CM Has 0, H 0 = CM H« O*. Thia acid was recently discovered by
Brodie, as an ingredient of beeswax, and, what is unusual, in the free state. ..."
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