lampic acid

English

Etymology

From French lampique, from lampe (“lamp”). See lamp.

Noun

lampic acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) A supposed acid formed by heating ether with a limited supply of air.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lampic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• palmic acid