Trimesic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trimesitic \Tri`me*sit"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + mesitylene + -ic.]
     (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid,
     {C6H3.(CO2)3}, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the
     oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance.
     [Written also {trimesic}.]


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