单词 | caproic acid |
释义 | caproic acid[ kuh-proh-ik ] / kəˈproʊ ɪk / nounan oily, colorless or yellow liquid, C6H12O2, with an odor like limburger cheese, usually obtained from fatty animal tissue or coconut oil, or synthesized: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavoring agents. Also called hexanoic acid. Origin of caproic acidFirst recorded in 1830–40; alteration of capric acid Words nearby caproic acidCapriote, Capri pants, Caprivi Strip, caproate, cap rock, caproic acid, caprolactam, caproyl, caprylate, caprylic, caprylic acid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for caproic acidcaproic acid / (kəˈprəʊɪk) / nounanother name for hexanoic acid Word Origin for caproic acidC19: caproic, from Latin caper goat, alluding to its smell Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for caproic acidcaproic acid [ kə-prō′ĭk, kă- ] n.A liquid fatty acid found in animal fats and oils or synthesized and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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