Mellitic
Mellitic , adjective
[Compare French mellitique. See Mellite.]
(a)
(Chemistry) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
(b)
(Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
Collocations (1)
Mellitic acid (Chemistry) , a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid.