oleic acid
Noun
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Noun
oleic acid (uncountable)
- (fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
- cis-octadecenoic acid
- French: acide oléique
- German: Ölsäure
- Italian: acido oleico
- Portuguese: ácido oleico
- Russian: олеиновая кислота́
- Spanish: ácido oleico
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