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OCTADECANOIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does octadecanoic acid mean?
• OCTADECANOIC ACID (noun)
The noun OCTADECANOIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats
Familiarity information: OCTADECANOIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
octadecanoic acid; stearic acid
Hypernyms ("octadecanoic acid" is a kind of...):
saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)
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