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Webster 1913 Edition

(trī̍ˊdĕk-ȧ-tō′ĭk)

Adj.

[Pref.

tri-

+ Gr.

δέκατοσ

tenth.]

(Chem.)

Of, pertaining to, or designating, that acid of the fatty acids heterologous with tridecane. It is a white crystalline substance.