orthocarbonic Meaning, Definition & Usage

Or`tho*car*bon"ic adjective

Etymology

Ortho- + carbonic.

Definitions

1. (Chem.) Designating a complex ether, C.(OC2H5)4, which is obtained as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid, C.(OH)4.