saturated fatty acid

noun

A fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.

Meanings

nounsaturated fatty acid (plural saturated fatty acids)

plural saturated fatty acids

  1. chemistryA fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.

    Antonyms: unsaturated fatty acid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fatty acid, such as stearic acid, that contains no carbon to carbon double bonds.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 飽和脂肪酸 /饱和脂肪酸
  • 飽和脂肪酸 /饱和脂肪酸 (baau² wo⁴ zi¹ fong¹ syun¹)fatty acid
Chinese Mandarin 飽和脂肪酸 /饱和脂肪酸
  • 飽和脂肪酸 /饱和脂肪酸 (bǎohé zhīfángsuān)fatty acid
Hungarian telített zsírsav
  • telített zsírsavfatty acid
Japanese 飽和脂肪酸
  • 飽和脂肪酸 (hōwa shibōsan)fatty acid
Korean 포화 지방산
  • 포화 지방산 (pohwa jibangsan)fatty acid
Thai กรดไขมันอิ่มตัว
  • กรดไขมันอิ่มตัว (gròt-kǎi-man-ìm-dtuua)fatty acid
Vietnamese axit béo no, axit béo bão hòa
  • axit béo nofatty acid
  • axit béo bão hòafatty acid
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