Glycolic Acid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Glycolic Acid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Glycolic Acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
glycolic acid n a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes Synonym(s): glycolic acid, glycollic acid, hydroxyacetic acid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glycolic \Gly*col"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. {Glycolic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, {HO.CH2.CO2H}, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also {hydroxyacetic acid}.