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Meaning of 'orthocarbonic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Orthocarbonic [ a.]
- 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.