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Caproic Acid

Definition: Caproic Acid

Caproic Acid

Noun

1. A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definitions: Caproic Acid

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	C6H12O2; CH3. < CH2>4. CO2H An oil, m. p. -3. 4 °C, b. p. 205 °C. It occurs as glycerides in the milk of cows and goats, in coconut oil and palm oil. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Caproic Acid

Synonym: hexanoic acid (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Caproic Acid

English words defined with "caproic acid": Caproate ♦ Glycerin fermentation. (references)

Specialty definitions using "caproic acid": Caprolactam. (references)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Caproic Acid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
caproic acid	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Caproic Acid

Language		Translations for "caproic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		capronsyre (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid), hexansyre (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid). (various references)

Dutch		capronzuur (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid), hexaanzuur (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid). (various references)

French		acide caproïque (capronic acid). (various references)

German		Capronsaeure (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid, n-hexanoic acid), Hexansaeure (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid, n-hexanoic acid). (various references)

Italian		acido esanoico (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid, n-hexanoic acid), acido capronico (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid, n-hexanoic acid). (various references)

Pig Latin		aproiccay aciday

Spanish		ácido caprónico (butylacetic acid, capronic acid, hexanoic acid, n-hexanoic acid). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Caproic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-d-i-i-o-p-r"
	-2 letters: capriccio, carpaccio.
	-3 letters: capricci, coccidia.
	-4 letters: acaroid, accidia, cardiac, carioca, cricoid, parodic, picador.
	-5 letters: acarid, accord, acidic, adipic, capric, cardia, cicada, coccid, diapir, picara, picaro, picric.
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Alternative Orthography: Caproic Acid

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 70 72 6F 69 63 41 63 69 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110000 01110010 01101111 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#112 &#114 &#111 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#105 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0070 0072 006F 0069 0063 0041 0063 0069 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37678284817569235697570

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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