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sorbitic

sorbitic adjective: of, pertaining to, or made of sorbite.

Adjective

sorbitic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or made of sorbite.
    • sorbitic fracture; sorbitic steel
    • During that period, the advantages of manganese steel, and of heat treatment by the sorbitic process, were advocated strongly on the Southern Area of that company.1952 February, “Chromium and Sorbitic Steel Rails”, in Railway Magazine, page 73

Origin of sorbitic

From sorbite + -ic.

Questions about sorbitic

What does sorbitic mean?
Sorbitic means of, pertaining to, or made of sorbite.
What part of speech is sorbitic?
Sorbitic is an adjective.

Words near sorbitic in the dictionary

  1. sorbital
  2. sorbitan
  3. sorbitans
  4. sorbite
  5. sorbites
  6. sorbitic
  7. sorbitisation
  8. sorbitisations
  9. sorbitise
  10. sorbitised
  11. sorbitises

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