Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

free fatty acid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: free -fat-ty acid
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A non-esterified fatty acid.

Example Sentences

"The smoke point depends on the initial free fatty acid content of the fat: the lower the free fatty acid content, the more stable the fat, and the higher the smoke point."

Inflected Forms

free fatty acids (plural)

Synonyms

FFA

Questions

What does free fatty acid mean?: A non-esterified fatty acid.

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