carboxylic acid
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1. an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | acid, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | acetic acid, ethanoic acid, |
| definition | : | a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | mucic acid, |
| definition | : | a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | succinic acid, |
| definition | : | a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | saccharic acid, |
| definition | : | a white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | sorbic acid, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | fatty acid, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | benzoic acid, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lactic acid, |
| definition | : | a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | acrylic acid, propenoic acid, |
| definition | : | an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins (noun.substance) |
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