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Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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A compound of this type.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
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Usage: in-plural
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4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having carbon atoms linked in open chains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From oblique stem of Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
мастен
(masten)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Bulgarian:
алифатен
(alifaten)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Catalan:
alifàtic
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Chinese Cantonese:
脂肪族
(zi1 fong1 zuk6)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Chinese Mandarin:
脂肪族
(zhīfángzú)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Czech:
alifatický
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Finnish:
alifaattinen
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Finnish:
avoketjuinen
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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French:
aliphatique
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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German:
aliphatisch
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Greek:
αλειφατικός
(aleifatikós)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Hungarian:
alifás
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Irish:
alafatach
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Italian:
alifatico
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Japanese:
脂肪族の
(shibōzoku no)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Korean:
지방족
(jibangjok)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Macedonian:
алифатичен
(alifatičen)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Macedonian:
алифатски
(alifatski)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Polish:
alifatyczny
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Portuguese:
alifático
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Romanian:
alifatic
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Russian:
алифати́ческий
(alifatíčeskij)
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Spanish:
alifático
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Swedish:
alifatisk
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Tagalog:
malatabain
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Translingual:
aliphaticus
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Turkish:
alifatik
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
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Welsh:
aliffatig
— organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain
