Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Titanic \Ti*tan"ic\, a. [Cf. F. titanique.] (Chem.)
Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing,
titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of
titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with
the {titanous} compounds.
{Titanic acid} (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, {Ti.(OH)4},
obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also
{normal titanic acid}. By extension, any one of a series
of derived acids, called also {metatitanic acid},
{polytitanic acid}, etc.
{Titanic iron ore}. (Min.) See {Menaccanite}.