What is pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid called?
maleic — Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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