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Webster 1913 Edition
Uvitic
U-vit′ic
,Adj.
[From L.
uva
a grape. So called because it may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid,
CH3C6H3(CO2H)2
, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; – called also mesitic acid.