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Definition of Adipic

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

Definition of Adipic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid. ¹

2. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of, or derived from adipic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adipic

1. adipose [adj] - See also: adipose

Medical Definition of Adipic

1. Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid. Origin: L. Adeps, adipis, fat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adipic

Literary usage of Adipic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"Diamino-adipic Acid ... Jc—c—c—c—c—c< adipic acid is COOH—(CH2)4—COOH. 18. Diamino-dihydroxy-suberic Acid, ..."

2. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Its anhydride melts at 96° and boils at 262° (A. 292, 220). GROUP OP adipic ACID AND HIGHER NORMAL PARAFFIN DICAR- BOXYLIC ACIDS. adipic acid and its ..."

3. Electrolytic Preparations: Exercises for Use in the Laboratory by Chemists by Karl Elbs, Robert Salmon Hutton (1903)
"THE ETHYL ESTER OF adipic ACID FROM THE POTASSIUM SALT OF THE ETHYL ESTER OF SUCCINIC ACID. CH2. ... Current yield of adipic acid ester, 30 to 35 per cent. ..."

4. Electrolytic Preparations: Exercises for Use in the Laboratory by Chemists by Karl Elbs, Robert Salmon Hutton (1903)
"THE ETHYL ESTER OF adipic ACID FROM THE POTASSIUM SALT OF THE ETHYL ESTER OF ... Current yield of adipic acid ester, 30 to 35 per cent. ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"Treated again with boiling water, it dissolves and deposits, on cooling, very pure crystals of adipic acid. VOL. II. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"... which it otherwise much resembles, in being fusible before the adipic ACID. С«Н"Ю4 = 03 \C^i°l[orC»S«>0>=.C"HeO'.2HO] acid forming the fifth ..."

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