propanoic acid

  • 1propanoic acid — n. Chem. = PROPIONIC ACID. Etymology: PROPANE + IC * * * noun a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates • Syn: ↑propionic acid • Hypernyms: ↑carboxylic acid • Substance Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 2propanoic acid — SYN: propionic acid. * * * pro·pa·no·ic acid .prō pə .nō ik n PROPIONIC ACID * * * pro·pa·no·ic ac·id (pro″pə noґik) systematic name for propionic acid …

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  • 3propanoic acid — noun a) A colourless liquid with a sharp unpleasant odour; produced by the bacterial breakdown of fatty acids and therefore found in sweat and some cheese. b) The short chain …

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  • 4propanoic acid — /proh peuh noh ik, proh /, Chem. See propionic acid. [PROPANE + O + IC] * * * …

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  • 5propanoic acid — [ˌprəʊpə nəʊɪk] noun Chemistry another term for propionic acid. Derivatives propanoate prə panəʊeɪt noun …

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  • 6propanoic acid — /ˌproʊpənoʊɪk ˈæsəd/ (say .prohpuhnohik asuhd) noun → propionic acid …

  • 7propanoic — adjective Of or pertaining to propanoic acid or its derivatives; propionic …

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  • 8propanoic — adj. pertaining to propanoic acid (Chemistry) …

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  • 9Propanoic anhydride — Chembox new Name = Propanoic anhydride ImageFile = Propanoic anhydride.png ImageName = IUPACName = Propanoyl propanoate OtherNames = Propionic anhydride Section1 = Chembox Identifiers SMILES = CASNo = 123 62 6 RTECS = UF9100000 Section2 = Chembox …

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  • 10carboxylic acid — Chem. any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl groups. [1900 05; CARBOXYL + IC] * * * Any organic compound with the general chemical formula ―COOH in which a carbon (C) atom is bonded to an oxygen (O) atom by a double bond to make a… …

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