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Orthocarbonic

Orˊtho-car-bon′ic

,
Adj.
[
Ortho-
+
carbonic
.]
(Chem.)
Designating a complex ether,
C.(OC2H5)4
, which is obtained as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid,
C.(OH)4
.

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