Chem. [f. L. cēra, Gr. κηρός wax + -IC.] Chemically related to wax; as in Ceric acid, a brownish diaphanous waxy mass obtained by treating cerin with nitric acid.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 1045. An acid … to which we may give the name of ceric acid.
