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HEXANOIC ACID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hexanoic acid mean?
• HEXANOIC ACID (noun)
The noun HEXANOIC ACID has 1 sense:
1. a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats
Familiarity information: HEXANOIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
caproic acid; hexanoic acid
Hypernyms ("hexanoic 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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