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Decanoic Acid

Definition: Decanoic Acid

Decanoic Acid

Noun

1. A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats.

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

Specialty Definitions: Decanoic Acid

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	C10H20O2; CH3. < CH2>8. COOH M. p. 31. 5 °C, b. p. 268-270 °C. A fatty acid, occurring in wool as the potassium salt, as esters in fusel oil, and as glycerides in cows'and goats'milk and coconut and palm oils. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Decanoic Acid

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

Modern Translations: Decanoic Acid

Language		Translations for "decanoic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		decansyre (capric acid), kaprinsyre (capric acid), caprinsyre (capric acid). (various references)

Dutch		decaanzuur (capric acid), caprinezuur (capric acid). (various references)

Finnish		kapriinihappo (capric acid, n-decanoic acid). (various references)

French		decylique, acide caprique, aciacide dé caprique. (various references)

German		Decansaeure (capric acid, n-decanoic acid), Caprinsaeure (capric acid, n-decanoic acid), Caprinsäure (capric acid, n-decanoic acid). (various references)

Italian		acido decanoico (capric acid, n-decanoic acid), acido caprinico (capric acid, n-decanoic acid), acido caprico (capric acid, n-decanoic acid). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecanoicday aciday.(various references)

Portuguese		ácido cáprico (capric acid, n-decanoic acid). (various references)

Spanish		ácido cáprico (capric acid, n-decanoic acid). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Decanoic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-d-d-e-i-i-n-o"
	-3 letters: coincided.
	-4 letters: coccidia, coincide.
	-5 letters: accidia, accidie, adenoid, aecidia, caddice, candida, candied, cicadae, cocaine, codeina, conidia, oceanic.
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Alternative Orthography: Decanoic Acid

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

44 65 63 61 6E 6F 69 63 41 63 69 64

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

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

01000100 01100101 01100011 01100001 01101110 01101111 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#99 &#97 &#110 &#111 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#105 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0063 0061 006E 006F 0069 0063 0041 0063 0069 0064

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

3871696780817569235697570

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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