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Webster 1913 Edition


Phthalin

Phthal′in

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Noun.
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation; hence, any one of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.

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phthalin

phthalin

English

Noun

phthalin (countable and uncountable, plural phthalins)

  1. (chemistry) A colourless crystalline substance obtained by reduction from phthalein, into which it is easily converted by oxidation.
  2. (chemistry) Any of the series of which phthalin proper is the type.