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photosantonic acid

photosantonic acid noun: an acid, C₁₅H₂₂O₅, produced by long exposure to sunlight of santonin in acetic acid solution.

Noun

photosantonic acid (uncountable)

  1. An acid, C₁₅H₂₂O₅, produced by long exposure to sunlight of santonin in acetic acid solution.

Origin of photosantonic acid

From photo- + santonic acid.

Questions about photosantonic acid

What does photosantonic acid mean?
Photosantonic acid means an acid, C₁₅H₂₂O₅, produced by long exposure to sunlight of santonin in acetic acid solution.
What part of speech is photosantonic acid?
Photosantonic acid is a noun.

Words near photosantonic acid in the dictionary

  1. photoreversions
  2. photorheological
  3. photorhodopsin
  4. photos
  5. photosampling
  6. photosantonic acid
  7. photosaturation
  8. photoscanner
  9. photoscanners
  10. photoscience
  11. photosciences

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