fatty acid
fatty acid noun: any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.
Noun
fatty acid (plural fatty acids)
fatty acid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
fatty acid in Hindi
- acid
- वसीय अम्ल vasīya amla
fatty acid in Tamil
- acid
- கொழுப்பு அமிலம் koḻuppu amilam
fatty acid in Telugu
- fatty acid
- కొవ్వు ఆమ్లం kovvu āmlaṁ
fatty acid in Kannada
- acid
- ಕೊಬ್ಬಿನ ಆಮ್ಲ kobbina āmla
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- fatty acid in Indonesian
- asam lemak
- fatty acid in Thai
- กรดไขมัน gròt-kǎi-man
Forms of fatty acid
| plural | fatty acids |
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Words formed from fatty acid
Questions about fatty acid
- What does fatty acid mean?
- Fatty acid means any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.
- What is fatty acid in Hindi?
- Fatty acid in Hindi is वसीय अम्ल (vasīya amla). See Fatty acid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fatty acid?
- Fatty acid is a noun.
- What is the plural of fatty acid?
- The plural of fatty acid is fatty acids.
Words near fatty acid in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fatty acid (page history and authors); కొవ్వు ఆమ్లం (Telugu) (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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