Definition of Valerec
Va*ler"ic (?), a. (Chem.)
Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric
acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid),
C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian
root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a
strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.
Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which
turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the
oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
Va*ler"ic (?), a. (Chem.)
Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric
acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid),
C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian
root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a
strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.
Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which
turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the
oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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