quartenylic Meaning, Definition & Usage

Quar"ten*yl"ic adjective
Etymology
Quartene + -yl + -ic.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid.

Webster 1913