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oleic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
ole-ic acid
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

oleïc acid (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

linoleic oleate

Phrases

azoleic acid ricinoleic acid oleo- oleo oil petroselinic acid

Frequently Paired Words

linoleum olein oleo oleo- oleomargarine oleo oil petroleum petroselinic acid

Synonyms

cis-octadecenoic acid

Questions

What does oleic acid mean?
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.

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