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Definition of Maleic
1. a. Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid.
Definition of Maleic
1. Adjective. (chemistry) of, or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maleic
1. pertaining to apples [adj] - See also: apples
Medical Definition of Maleic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Maleic
Literary usage of Maleic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"maleic acid crystallizes in rhombic prisms which melt at 130° and begin to boil
and lose ... The chief method of obtaining maleic acid, as has been said, ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1853)
"maleic Acid. PELOUZE. Ann. Chim. Phys. ... or, according to Pelouze, maleic acid),
and that the needles consist of another acid, viz., ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1865)
"Neither maleic acid nor maléate of potassium precipitates ferric acetate ...
A boiling solution of maleic acid dissolves a small quantity of ferric hydrate, ..."
4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Condensation of maleic Acid with ... 39, 1859 and :iJV> maleic was substituted
for succinic acid. ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Most Recent Discoveries and by Robert Kane, John William Draper (1842)
"They are the maleic acid and the fumaric acid, the latter so called from ...
Both acids may be formed in the same process; the maleic acid passes over with ..."
6. Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1850)
"The volatile acid produced simultaneously with the fumaric acid is called maleic
acid; it may be obtained in crystals by evaporation in a warm place. ..."
7. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"This view of the structure of the tartaric acids is in complete accord with their
relation to fumaric acid and maleic acid (169), which, on treatment with a ..."
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