TEREPHTHALIC ACID


Meaning of TEREPHTHALIC ACID in English

[tere.phthal.ic acid] n [ISV terebene, mixture of terpenes from distilled turpentine + phthalic acid] (1857): a p-dicarboxylic acid that is obtained esp. by oxidation of xylene and is used chiefly in the synthesis of polyesters

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