trigenic acid etymology

English word trigenic acid comes from English acid, English cyano-

Detailed word origin of trigenic acid

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
acid English (eng) (chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-. (slang) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). A sour substance.. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid. Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid. Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with [...]
cyano- English (eng) (chemistry) derived from cyanogen or cyanide. Dark blue-green in colour.
cyanic acid English (eng) (inorganic compound) An unstable, highly volatile, poisonous acid, HOCN, used to prepare cyanates; hydrolyzes in water to give ammonia and carbon dioxide.
trigenic acid English (eng) (chemistry) An acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained by the action of cyanic acid vapour on cold aldehyde.

Words with the same origin as trigenic acid

Descendants of acid
ASA benzenesulfonate dimyristoyl distilled verdigris formaldehyde hydroxypropylmethylcellulose isopropylamide isopropylamphetamine isopropylcholestane monosodium glutamate myristoyl myristoylation palmitoyl paraformaldehyde paramaleate perchlorate permanganate phthalate polyformaldehyde prajmaline propane propyl ribozyme tellurate triisopropyl
Descendants of cyano-
cyanamide cyanate cyanea cyanic cyanogen cyanose cyanosis cyanotype