AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

  
Definitions
fatty acid Twit Definition of fatty acid Share Definition of fatty acid on Facebook Digg:Definition of fatty acid! stumble Definition of fatty acid Bookmark Definition of fatty acid on Delicious submit Definition of fatty acid to reddit Bookmark Definition of fatty acid
noun 
  1. (chemistry) Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CnH2n+1COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats
    • Note: The above general formula applies to the saturated fatty acids. Remove 2 hydrogen atoms for an unsaturated fatty acid, and 2 hydrogen atoms for every double bond in a polyunsaturated fatty acid.
Translations: 
  • Spanish: í¡cido graso
     Source Definition of fatty acid
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.


Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2009 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.