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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mel·lit·ic a.  Chem. (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes. (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
 Mellitic acid Chem., a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gra·phit·ic a. Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite.
 Graphitic acid Chem., an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid.
 Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite.
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