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ignating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese. Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which turns the plane…

Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]

Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. Complex ether, Mixed ether (Chem.), an oxide of two different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. -- Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Ether engine (M…

Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane.

; -- said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid. Watts.

The acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

A salt of valeric acid.

r obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.

A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.

A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.

ctively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.

A ketone of valeric acid obtained as an oily liquid.

The hypothetical radical C5H9O, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.