Meanings
nounterephthalic acid (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryAn aromatic dicarboxylic acid, benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, used in the manufacture of polyesters
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 對苯二甲酸 /对苯二甲酸
- 對苯二甲酸 /对苯二甲酸 (duìběn'èrjiǎsuān)benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
Czech kyselina tereftalová
- kyselina tereftalovábenzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
Finnish tereftaalihappo
- tereftaalihappobenzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
German Terephthalsäure
- Terephthalsäurebenzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
Hungarian tereftálsav
- tereftálsavbenzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
Korean 테레프탈산
- 테레프탈산 (terepeutalsan)benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
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