japanic acid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long-chain fatty acid, also known by its IUPAC name of Heneicosanedioic acid. It was originally harvested from Japan wax.
Example Sentences
- "According to Dr. Tsujimoto, the fatty acids of Haze tallow are composed of 84% palmitic acid, 14% oleic acid and 2% Japanic acid, and the tallow was regarded by the writer as a good source in Japan, for the preparation in a pure state, of palmitic acid."
- "...Glyceride containing dibasic acid (Japonic acid)..."
Inflected Forms
Japanic acids (plural)
Synonyms
Japonic acid
Heneicosanedioic acid