Sentence examples for trivial name from inspiring English sources
noun
A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.
Systematic and Trivial Name.
The latter has been given the trivial name Feralex-G.
The precise opposite is true of the elements, where the trivial name will be enshrined and the systematic name is truly ephemeral.
Its latinized specific name is Dendroica coronata, made up of the name of the genus combined with a trivial name to distinguish it from congeners (other members of the same genus).
Thus, the structure of 1 was unambiguously identified as shown, and given the trivial name baccatin VIII.
Figure 6 shows a comparison of the effects of different trivial name dictionaries on the system's performance.
Such names are called common or trivial names.
It clearly would be impossible to memorize trivial names for such a large number of compounds.
Therefore, trivial names (i.e., vanillin, salicylic acid, pyrocatechol, resorcinol, cresol, hydroquinone, and eugenol) are often used for the most common phenolic compounds.
Pyridine-2-, -3-, and -4-carboxylic acids also have widely used trivial names: picolinic, nicotinic (derived from nicotine, of which it is an oxidation product), and isonicotinic acid, respectively.
This raises the question, given the difficulties that have arisen and the inherent potential for mischief, why do we give elements trivial names at all?
