adipic acid

[uh-dip-ik]

a·dip·ic ac·id

[uh-dip-ik]
noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C6H10O4, used chiefly in the synthesis of nylon.
Also called hexanedioic acid.


Origin:
adip- + -ic
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Adipic acid is always a great word to know.
So is halogen. Does it mean:
any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals
having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups
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adipic acid (əˈdɪpɪk)
 
n
a colourless crystalline solid used in the preparation of nylon. Formula: HOOC(CH2)4COOH
 
[C19: from New Latin adiposus fat + -ic]

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