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Definition of Acetic

1. Adjective. Relating to or containing acetic acid.

Definition of Acetic

1. a. Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.

Definition of Acetic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar ¹

2. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives ¹

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Definition of Acetic

1. pertaining to vinegar [adj] - See also: vinegar

Medical Definition of Acetic

1. Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation. Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due. Origin: L. Acetum = vinegar, fr. Acere to be sour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Acetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"About 4 to 5 grams of glacial acetic acid or a corresponding amount of ... Impurities in acetic Acid The more important impurities that are looked for in ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"during the acetic fermentation, provided no loss occurs from evaporation. Assuming that the volume remains unchanged during the fermentation, a calculation ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1870)
""On the successive Action of Sodium and Iodide of Ethyl upon acetic Ether. ... 38, as follows:—" When acetic ether is placed in contact with sodium it ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"A very pure form of acetic acid is prepared by subjecting alcohol to the powerful oxidizing action of spongy platinum hung above it in abundance of air. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Small quantities of acetic acid may be recognised by neutralising with caustic potash, ... acetic acid mixes with alcohol and ether in all proportions. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"At 280° it melta, and when heated more strongly it forms a basic .salt and suddenly solidifies. the action of dilute acetic acid and oxygen upon the metal ..."

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