1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: mesotartaric \mes`o*tar*tar"ic\, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also {inactive tartaric acid}. It is an optically inactive stereoisomer of tartaric acid due to internal compensation of the rotatory activity of the two asymmetric centers; it has a plane of symmetry in the molecule. [1913 Webster +PJC]
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