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Webster 1913 Edition


Tartaric

{

Tar-ta′ri-an

,

Tar-tar′ic

, }
Adj.
Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.
Tartarian lamb
(Bot.)
,
Scythian lamb. See
Barometz
.

Tar-tar′ic

,
Adj.
(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 1828 Edition


Tartaric

TARTAR'IC


Definition 2024


Tartaric

Tartaric

See also: tartaric

English

Adjective

Tartaric (comparative more Tartaric, superlative most Tartaric)

  1. Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartarian.

tartaric

tartaric

See also: Tartaric

English

Adjective

tartaric (comparative more tartaric, superlative most tartaric)

  1. (chemistry) Containing tartrates.

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