mesaconic acid
Chemistry
noun
An unsaturated dibasic acid, isomeric with itaconic acid and citraconic acid, which can be obtained by boiling a weak solution of citraconic acid with nitric acid; methylfumaric acid, CH3C(COOH):CHCOOH.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Thomson (1810–1864), medical officer of health.
- acousmatic
- acoustic
- acoustical
- acoustical guitar
- acoustical guitarist
- acoustically
- acoustic coupler
- acoustic guitar
- acoustic guitarist
- acoustic hood
- acoustician
- acoustic impedance
- acoustic microscope
- acoustic mine
- acoustic nerve
- acousticolateral
- acousticolateralis
- acousticon
- acoustic phonetic
- acoustic phonetics
- acoustic shock
- acoustoelectric
- acoustoelectricity
- acoustoelectronic
- acoustoelectronics