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adipic

adipic adjective: pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

Adjective

adipic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
  2. Of, or derived from adipic acid.

adipic meaning in Tamil and Kannada

adipic in Tamil

கொழுப்பு

adipic in Kannada

ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನ

Origin of adipic

From Latin adeps (“lard, fat”).

Words formed from adipic

Phrases with adipic

Questions about adipic

What does adipic mean?
Adipic means pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
What is adipic in Tamil?
Adipic in Tamil is கொழுப்பு. See Adipic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adipic?
Adipic is an adjective.

Words near adipic in the dictionary

  1. adipates
  2. adipectomies
  3. adipectomy
  4. adipescent
  5. adiphenine
  6. adipic
  7. adipic acid
  8. adipimidate
  9. adipimidates
  10. adipiodone
  11. adipiplon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adipic (page history and authors); adipic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adipic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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