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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carbamic \Car*bam"ic\ (k[aum]r*b[a^]m"[i^]k), a. [Carbon + amido.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid so called. [1913 Webster] Carbamic acid (Chem.), an amido acid, H2N.CO2.H, not existing in the free state, but occurring as a salt of ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- called also amido formic acid. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

carbamic acid n 1: an acid that is known only by virtue of its salts (as ammonium carbamate) or its esters (as urethane)