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DODECANOIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dodecanoic acid mean?
• DODECANOIC ACID (noun)
The noun DODECANOIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
Familiarity information: DODECANOIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
dodecanoic acid; lauric acid
Hypernyms ("dodecanoic acid" is a kind of...):
saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)
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