a. [ L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] (Chem.)
You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic. John O'Hara
n. (Chem., Bot.) A plant hormone (
n. (Chem.) A dicarboxylic acid (
a. [ Oxy- (b) + acetic. ] Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pyro- + acetic: cf. F. pyroacétique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also