Chem. [f. L. acr-is, acrid + ALDEHYDE.] One of the polymeric modifications of ALDEHYDE.

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1869.  Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 350. Aldehyde is capable of existing in three other peculiar states … a third modification termed Acraldehyde boils at 110°. The molecular formula appears to be C4H8O2 or 2(C2H4O).

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