Usually means: Pertaining to vinegar; sour, acidic.
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  1. acetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. acetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. acetic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. acetic: Vocabulary.com
  5. Acetic, acetic: Wordnik
  6. acetic: Wiktionary
  7. acetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. acetic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. acetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. acetic: Dictionary.com
  11. acetic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Acetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. acetic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. acetic: Rhymezone
  15. Acetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. acetic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. acetic: FreeDictionary.org
  18. acetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. acetic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acetic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. acetic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. acetic: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acetic: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (acetic)

adjective:  (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar.
adjective:  (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives.

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