trans fat

noun

An unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.

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Meanings

nountrans fat (plural trans fats)

plural trans fats · alternative trans-fat

  1. chemistryAn unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 反式脂肪
  • 反式脂肪 (fǎnshì zhīfáng)unsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Dutch transvet
  • transvetunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Finnish transrasva
  • transrasvaunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
French gras trans
  • gras transunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Indonesian lemak trans
  • lemak transunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Korean 트랜스지방
  • 트랜스지방 (teuraenseujibang)unsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Malay lemak trans
  • lemak transunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Portuguese gordura trans
  • gordura transunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Russian транс-жир
  • транс-жир (trans-žir)unsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Spanish grasas trans
  • grasas transunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Swedish transfett
  • transfettunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Vietnamese axit béo chuyển hóa, axit béo dạng trans
  • axit béo chuyển hóaunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
  • axit béo dạng transunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
  • axit béo đồng phân nhân tạounsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
  • chất béo chuyển hóaunsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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