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A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: carboxylic acid
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
янтарна киселина
(jantarna kiselina)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Catalan:
àcid succínic
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Chinese Mandarin:
琥珀酸
(hǔpòsuān)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Dutch:
barnsteenzuur
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Finnish:
meripihkahappo
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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French:
acide succinique
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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German:
Bernsteinsäure
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Greek:
ηλεκτρικό οξύ
(ilektrikó oxý)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Hindi:
तृणमण्याम्ल
(tŕṇmaṇyāmla)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Japanese:
コハク酸
(kohaku-san)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Japanese:
琥珀酸
(kohaku-san)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Latvian:
dzintarskābe
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ravsyre
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Polish:
kwas bursztynowy
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Romanian:
acid succinic
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Russian:
янта́рная кислота́
(jantárnaja kislotá)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Russian:
бутандикислота́
(butandikislotá)
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Spanish:
ácido succínico
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
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Swedish:
bärnstenssyra
— colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH2COOH)2
