carboxylic acid
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car·box·yl·ic acid
(kär′bŏk-sĭl′ĭk)n.
An organic acid that contains one or more carboxyl groups.
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carboxylic acid
(ˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk)n
(Elements & Compounds) any of a class of organic acids containing the carboxyl group. See also fatty acid
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Noun | 1. | carboxylic acid - an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups acetic acid, ethanoic acid - a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals acid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt adipic acid, hexanedioic acid - a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon mucic acid - a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar octanedioic acid, suberic acid - a dicarboxylic acid found in cork succinic acid - a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes saccharic acid - a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch decanedioic acid, sebacic acid - a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins sorbic acid - a white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative pentanoic acid, valeric acid - a clear liquid carboxylic acid used in perfumes and drugs fatty acid - any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms benzoic acid - a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins propanoic acid, propionic acid - a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates lactic acid - a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits acrylic acid, propenoic acid - an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins |
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Translations
حمض كربوكسيلي
карбоксилна киселина
karboxylová kyselina
carboxylsyre
CarbonsäureCarboxylsäure
karboksüülhape
اسیدهای کربوکسیلیک
karboksyylihappo
acide carboxylique
חומצה קרבוקסילית
karboksilna kiselina
カルボン酸
카복실산
acidum carboxylicum
carbonzuur
karboksylsyre
kwas karboksylowy
ácido carboxílico
acid carboxilic
karboxylová kyselina
karboksilna kiselinaкарбоксилна киселина
karboxylsyra