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Webster 1913 Edition

Trimesitic

Triˊme-sit′ic

,

Adj.

[Pref.

tri-

+

mesit

ylene +

-ic

.]

(Chem.)

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid,

C6H3.(CO2)3

, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.

[Written also

trimesic

.]