undecylenic acid

[uhn-des-uh-len-ik, uhn-]

un·dec·y·len·ic ac·id

[uhn-des-uh-len-ik, uhn-]
noun Chemistry.
a light-colored liquid with a fruity odor, C11H21O2, soluble in alcohol and ether: used in perfumes, flavors, plastics, and medicine.

Origin:
1905–10; undec(a)- eleven (as in undecagon) + -yl + -ene + -ic
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Undecylenic acid is always a great word to know.
So is atomic. Does it mean:
to produce or obtain one substance from another
existing as free, uncombined atoms
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undecylenic acid

noun
an acid that is a component of perspiration 
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