carboxylic_acid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *carboxylic acid*:
NOUN	substance	carboxylic acid	an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

English > *carboxylic acid*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	An organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups.
Narrower	acetic acid, ethanoic acid	A colorless pungent liquid / liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
	benzoic acid	A white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
	fatty acid	Any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis
	hexanedioic acid, adipic acid	A carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
	lactic acid	A clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
	mucic acid	A solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar
	propenoic acid, acrylic acid	An unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
	propionic acid, propanoic acid	A liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates
	saccharic acid	A white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch
	sebacic acid, decanedioic acid	A dicarboxylic acid used to make resins
	sorbic acid	A white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative
	suberic acid, octanedioic acid	A dicarboxylic acid found in cork
	succinic acid	A dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes
	valeric acid, pentanoic acid	A clear liquid carboxylic acid used in perfumes and drugs
Broader	acid	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
Spanish	ácido carboxílico
Catalan	àcid carboxílic

HyperDic: carboxylic_acid