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)