Chem. [f. ACET- + -IN(E = Gr. -ινη daughter, derivative, here used to form a term matching glycerin.] Acetic glycerin; class name of a series of thick oily liquids, formed (by Berthelot) by the action of acetic acid upon glycerin; they consist of glycerin C3H5(OH)3 in which one, two, or all the three hydrogen atoms are replaced by the radical acetyl C2H3O, the result being mono-, di-, or tri-acetin; the formula of the last is C3H5(OC2H3O)3.
1874. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., xxxvi. 386.
1877. Watts, Fownes’ Chem., II. 285.
