adipic acid

noun

A white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C₄H₈(COOH)₂; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.

Similar
E355 when used as an acidity regulatorhexanedioic acidbutane-1,4-dicarboxylic acidbutanedicarboxylic acid
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Meanings

nounadipic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C₄H₈(COOH)₂; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.

    Synonyms: E355 when used as an acidity regulator, hexanedioic acid, butane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, butanedicarboxylic acid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C₄H₈(COOH)₂; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.

Similar
E355 when used as an acidity regulatorhexanedioic acidbutane-1,4-dicarboxylic acidbutanedicarboxylic acid

More synonyms by meaning

nouna carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon

Similar
hexanedioic acid
Broader
carboxylic acid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan àcid adípic
  • àcid adípiccrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Dutch adipinezuur
  • adipinezuurcrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Finnish adipiinihappo
  • adipiinihappocrystalline dicarboxylic acid
German Adipinsäure
  • Adipinsäurecrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Hungarian adipinsav
  • adipinsavcrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Indonesian asam adipat
  • asam adipatcrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Italian acido adipico
  • acido adipicocrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Latvian adipīnskābe
  • adipīnskābecrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Polish kwas adypinowy
  • kwas adypinowycrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Portuguese ácido adípico
  • ácido adípicocrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Romanian acid adipic
  • acid adipiccrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Russian адипи́новая кислота́
  • адипи́новая кислота́ (adipínovaja kislotá)crystalline dicarboxylic acid
Slovak kyselina adipová
  • kyselina adipovácrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Spanish ácido adípico
  • ácido adípicocrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Swedish adipinsyra
  • adipinsyracrystalline dicarboxylic acid
Cite this entry
APA

adipic acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adipic%20acid

MLA

“adipic acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adipic%20acid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adipic acid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adipic%20acid.

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