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alginic acids

alginic acids is the plural of alginic acid.

Meaning of alginic acid

Noun

alginic acid (plural alginic acids)

  1. An insoluble colloidal acid (C₆H₈O₆)ₙ that in the form of its salts is a constituent of the cell walls of brown algae and is used as a food additive.
    • For the long-stalked kelps that sway in dusky forests just below the level of the spring tides, survival in the surf zone is largely a matter of chemistry. Their tissues contain large amounts of alginic acid and its salts, which create a tensile strength and elasticity able to withstand the pulling...1955, Rachel Carson, chapter 2, in The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 17
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Questions about alginic acids

What is alginic acids the plural of?
Alginic acids is the plural of alginic acid.

Words near alginic acids in the dictionary

  1. alginate
  2. alginated
  3. alginates
  4. alginic
  5. alginic acid
  6. alginic acids
  7. alginite
  8. alginites
  9. alginitic
  10. alginolytic
  11. alginous

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