a. Chem. [f. TRI- 5 b + CARBON.] Containing or derived from three atoms of carbon, as the tricarbon series of hydrocarbons.
1866. [see TRI- 5 b].
1866. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., xxvii. 239. Whilst CH4, is the type of the mono-carbon series, C2H6 is that of the di-carbon series, and similarly, C3H8 that of the tri-carbon series. Ibid., xxx. 273. Tricarbon Series: Propyl alcohol C3H8O.
