- Tetrinic
- Tetrinic Te*trin"ic, a. [See {Tetra-}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, {C5H6O3}, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also {acetyl-acrylic acid}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.