Category:Terephthalic

Ter`eph*thal"ic, a. Etym: [terebene + phthalic.] (chem.)

Defn: of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the Aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a Tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of Turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf. Phthalic.