aliphatic
[al-uh-fat-ik]
- pertaining to nonaromatic hydrocarbon compounds in which the constituent carbon atoms can be straight-chain, branched chain, or cyclic, as in alicyclic compounds; saturated, as in the paraffins; or unsaturated, as in the olefins and alkynes.
Show More
Origin of aliphatic
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for aliphatic
Historical Examples
These observations may be summarized by saying that the benzene nucleus is more negative in character than the aliphatic residues.
As before, only true ring nuclei, and not internal anhydrides of aliphatic compounds, will be mentioned.
The azo-group is particularly active, both the aliphatic and aromatic compounds being coloured.
They are compounds which greatly resemble the mixed ethers of the aliphatic series.
What are commonly known as "fruity" odors belong mostly to what the chemist calls the fatty or aliphatic series.
Creative ChemistryEdwin E. Slosson
aliphatic
- (of an organic compound) not aromatic, esp having an open chain structure, such as alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes
Show More
Word Origin
C19: from Greek aleiphat-, aleiphar oil
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
aliphatic
(ăl′ə-făt′ĭk)- Of, relating to, or being a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
aliphatic
[ăl′ə-făt′ĭk]
- Relating to organic compounds whose carbon atoms are linked in open chains, either straight or branched, rather than containing a benzene ring. Alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes are aliphatic compounds. Compare aromatic.
Show More
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.