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formic
[ fawr-mik ]
formic
/ ˈfɔːmɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, or derived from ants
- of, containing, or derived from formic acid
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Example Sentences
The distillate "B" may contain formic, acetic, propionic, butyric and benzoic acids.
The acids of perspiration (acetic, formic, and butyric) often become so concentrated that they act on the fiber of the fabric.
Salts, in which one atom of hydrogen in formic acid is replaced by a metal or other basic radical.
Formic acid was supposed to be an oxide of formyl; and chloroform, the terchloride of formyl.
It manifests this peculiarity because of the volatile formic acid which it contains.
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