racemic acid

1. 1.

   the optically inactive form of tartaric acid that is often found in grape juice

   Broadertartaric acid

Questions about racemic acid

What does racemic acid mean?

racemic acid means "the optically inactive form of tartaric acid that is often found in grape juice".

Is racemic acid a common word?

racemic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.