- CH3C6H3CO2H2
- Uvitic U*vit"ic, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.