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Definition: Gallic Acid |
Gallic AcidNoun1. A colorless crystalline acid obtained from tannin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Chemistry | Occurs widely in plants and in tannin. C7 H6O5; C7H6O5. Colourless crystals with one molecule of water, m. p. 253 °C, sparingly soluble in water and alcohol. It occurs free in wooden tissue, in gall-nuts and in tea, and is a constituent of the tannins, from which it can be obtained by fermentation or by acid hydrolysis. It gives a blue-black colour with Fe3+ and it is used in the manufacture of inks. On heating it gives pyrogallol. Gallic acid has a limited use as a dyestuffs intermediate and as a source of medicinals. (1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A colorless or slightly yellow crystalline compound obtained from nutgalls. It is used in photography, pharmaceuticals, and as an analytical reagent. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Gallic acid is an organic acid, also known as 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, found in gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, oak bark, and other plants. The chemical formula is C6H2(OH)3CO2H. Gallic acid is found both free and as part of tannins.
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Crosswords: Gallic Acid |
| English words defined with "gallic acid": Bablah ♦ Ellagic, Ellagic acid ♦ Gallate ♦ Rufigallic ♦ Sinapic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gallic acid": gallotannin. (references) |
| 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 |
gallic acid | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "gallic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | gallussyre. (various references) | |
Dutch | galluszuur. (various references) | |
French | acide gallique. (various references) | |
German | Gallussaeure. (various references) | |
Greek | κηκιδικό οξύ, γαλλικό οξύ. (various references) | |
Italian | acido gallico. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allicgay aciday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ácido gálico. (various references) | |
Spanish | ácido gálico. (various references) | |
Swedish | gallussyra. (various references) | |
Turkish | gallik asit. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-g-i-i-l-l" | |
-1 letter: algicidal. | |
-3 letters: accidia, glacial. | |
-4 letters: acidic, alcaic, cicada, cicala, gallic, laical. | |
-5 letters: aalii, alcid, algal, algid, calla, cilia, glial, iliac, iliad, ilial, lilac. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-g-i-i-l-l" | |
+3 letters: cardiological. | |
+5 letters: dialectological. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 6C 6C 69 63 41 63 69 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a l l i c   A c i d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 006C 006C 0069 0063 0041 0063 0069 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416778787569235697570 |
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