Aliphatic

What do we mean by aliphatic?

Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains. adjective

Of or pertaining to fat; fatty; specifically, in chem., designating compounds which have only an open chain of carbon atoms, as distinguished especially from aromatic compounds, which contain a ring of carbon atoms, he natural fats consist chiefly of compounds of this type.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an open-chain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series. Compare alicyclic and aromatic. adjective

Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain. adjective

A compound of this type. noun

A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds noun

Having carbon atoms linked in open chains adjective

A compound of this type.

(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds

Words that are spelled similarly to aliphatic:
aliphatic, apophatic, aliphatics.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe aliphatic:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective aliphatic:
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Words that sound like aliphatic:
aliphatic, allophonic, eleatic, aphotic, allopatric, allopathic, algetic, aphetic, emphatic, electic, malefic, mephitic, alpha dog, alethic, albitic, dalmatic, elephanta, alkalotic, palatic.