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Hexanoic Acid

Definition: Hexanoic Acid

Hexanoic 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: Hexanoic 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: Hexanoic Acid

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

Modern Translations: Hexanoic Acid

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

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

French		acide caproïque. (various references)

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

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

Pig Latin		exanoichay aciday

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

Anagrams: Hexanoic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-h-i-i-n-o-x"
	-4 letters: anechoic, cachexia, chicaned, coincide, echinoid, hacienda.
	-5 letters: accidia, accidie, aecidia, chained, chanced, chicane, chicano, choanae, cicadae, cinched, coached, cocaine, codeina, conchae, conchie, conidia, dioxane, echidna, hedonic, hexadic, oceanic.
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Alternative Orthography: Hexanoic Acid

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

48 65 78 61 6E 6F 69 63 41 63 69 64

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

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

01001000 01100101 01111000 01100001 01101110 01101111 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000001 01100011 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#120 &#97 &#110 &#111 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#65 &#99 &#105 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 0078 0061 006E 006F 0069 0063 0041 0063 0069 0064

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

4271906780817569235697570

INDEX

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

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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