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Definition of Pectic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or derived from pectin. "Pectic acid"
Definition of Pectic
1. a. Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.
Definition of Pectic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to pectin or pectin-like substances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pectic
1. pectin [adj] - See also: pectin
Medical Definition of Pectic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectic
Literary usage of Pectic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"In the dried state, pectine and pectic acid closely resemble each other; but the
former is distinguished from the latter by several characters. ..."
2. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"According to Fremy the saturating power of pectic acid is double that of ...
is convertible into pectic acid. This fact explains why an impure aqueous ..."
3. Chemistry by William Thomas Brande, Alfred Swaine Taylor (1863)
"pectic ACID. ble precipitates, which bare been called ... into pectic acid by
the action of weak alkaline solutions ; and the soluble pectates thus formed ..."
4. Botanical Microtechnique: A Hand-book of Methods for the Preparation by A[lbrecht] Zimmermann (1893)
"For the microchemical recognition of pectic substances Mangin uses (IV and VI)
... These do not color pure cellulose, but do stain pectic substances, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"According to Frémy, pectic acid prepared in the ordinary way (probably according to
... Fromberg prepared his pectic acid from turnips by comminution, ..."
6. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for Use in Technical Colleges Or Schools and by Anselme Payen, Payen (Anselme) (1878)
"The alkaline pectates when treated with acids yield a precipitate of gelatinous
pectic acid; when treated with calcium chloride they yield calcium ..."
7. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1862)
"The greater portion of the pectic acid is therefore formed during the reaction ;
but as pectic acid when boiled with acids is first altered and afterwards ..."
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