Category:Orthocarbonic

Or`tho*car*bon"ic, a. Etym: [ortho- + carbonic.] (chem.)

Defn: 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.