toluic

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toluic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toluic \To*lu"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids,
     CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous
     to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and
     are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic
     acid, and paratoluic acid.
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