Definition of Tarteric
{ Tar*ta"ri*an (?), Tar*tar"ic (?), }
a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the
Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See
Barometz.
Tar*tar"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or
pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused
throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc.,
and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance,
C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2,
having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico
printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice.
Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By
extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid,
levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is
the type.
{ Tar*ta"ri*an (?), Tar*tar"ic (?), }
a. Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the
Tartars.
Tartarian lamb (Bot.), Scythian lamb. See
Barometz.
Tar*tar"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or
pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar.
Tartaric acid. (a) An acid widely diffused
throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc.,
and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance,
C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2,
having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico
printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice.
Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By
extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid,
levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is
the type.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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