oleic acid
oleic acid noun: an unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
Noun
oleic acid (uncountable)
- An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
- Synonyms:
- cis-octadecenoic acid
oleic acid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Persian
oleic acid in Hindi
- fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
- म्रक्षिकाम्ल mrakṣikāmla
oleic acid in Tamil
- ஒலீயிக் அமிலம், ஒலீக்கமிலம்
oleic acid in Gujarati
- oleic acid
- મ્રક્ષિકામ્લ mrakṣikāmla
oleic acid in Persian
- fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil
- اولئیک اسید ole'ik asid
Synonyms of oleic acid
- cis-octadecenoic acid
Forms of oleic acid
| alternative form (obsolete) | oleïc acid |
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Words formed from oleic acid
Questions about oleic acid
- What does oleic acid mean?
- Oleic acid means an unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
- What is oleic acid in Hindi?
- Oleic acid in Hindi is म्रक्षिकाम्ल (mrakṣikāmla). See Oleic acid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is oleic acid?
- Oleic acid is a noun.
Words near oleic acid in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oleic acid (page history and authors); oleic acid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મ્રક્ષિકામ્લ (Gujarati) (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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