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trans fatty acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
tran-s -fat-ty acid
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

trans fatty acids (plural)

Phrases

polyunsaturated fat saturated fat trans fat unsaturated fat

Frequently Paired Words

polyunsaturated fat saturated fat trans fat unsaturated fat

Questions

What does trans fatty acid mean?
An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation.

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