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carbolic acid

carbolic acid noun: phenol (C₆H₅OH).

Noun

carbolic acid (uncountable)

  1. (dated) phenol (C₆H₅OH)

carbolic acid meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

carbolic acid in Tamil

கபோலிக் கமிலம், காபோலிக்கமிலம், கார்பாலிக் அமிலம்

carbolic acid in Malayalam

ഫിനോൽ, അണുനാശിനിയായ ദ്രാവകം

Origin of carbolic acid

Partial calque of German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge.

Questions about carbolic acid

What does carbolic acid mean?
Carbolic acid means phenol (C₆H₅OH).
What is carbolic acid in Tamil?
Carbolic acid in Tamil is கபோலிக் கமிலம், காபோலிக்கமிலம், கார்பாலிக் அமிலம். See Carbolic acid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carbolic acid?
Carbolic acid is a noun.

Words near carbolic acid in the dictionary

  1. carbolate
  2. carbolated
  3. carbolates
  4. carbolfuchsin
  5. carbolic
  6. carbolic acid
  7. carbolic soap
  8. carbolic soaps
  9. carbolically
  10. carbolics
  11. carboligase

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