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SORBIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sorbic acid mean?
• SORBIC ACID (noun)
The noun SORBIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative
Familiarity information: SORBIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("sorbic acid" is a kind of...):
carboxylic acid (an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups)
Context examples
An unsaturated aldehyde with commercial applications, including the manufacture of sorbic acid, that is also found in tobacco smoke, gasoline and diesel engine exhausts, and smoke from wood burning.
(Crotonaldehyde, NCI Thesaurus)
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