MALONIC

Etymology

From malic plus an arbitrary suffix

Adjective

malonic (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to malonic acid or its derivatives

Anagrams

• Camolin, cominal, incalmo, limacon, limaçon

Source: Wiktionary


Ma*lon"ic, a. (Chem.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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