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sebic

sebic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sebacic  \Se*bac"ic\,  a.  [L.  sebum  tallow:  cf  F.  s['e]bacique.] 
  (Chem.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  fat;  derived  from  or  resembling,  fat; 
  specifically,  designating  an  acid  (formerly  called  also 
  {sebic},  and  {pyroleic},  acid),  obtained  by  the  distillation 
  or  saponification  of  certain  oils  (as  castor  oil)  as  a  white 
  crystalline  substance. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sebic  \Se"bic\,  a. 
  See  {Sebacic}.  [Obs.]