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ethanoic acid

ethanoic acid noun: the systematic alternative name for acetic acid.

Noun

ethanoic acid (uncountable)

  1. The systematic alternative name for acetic acid.

Words formed from ethanoic acid

Questions about ethanoic acid

What does ethanoic acid mean?
Ethanoic acid means the systematic alternative name for acetic acid.
What part of speech is ethanoic acid?
Ethanoic acid is a noun.

Words near ethanoic acid in the dictionary

  1. Ethanim
  2. ethanium
  3. ethanoate
  4. ethanoates
  5. ethanoic
  6. ethanoic acid
  7. ethanol
  8. ethanolamide
  9. ethanolamides
  10. ethanolamine
  11. ethanolaminephosphotransferase

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