organic acid

American  

[awr-gan-ik as-id] / ɔrˈgæn ɪk ˈæs ɪd /

noun

plural

organic acids

1. Chemistry. any acid containing a carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bond.

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organic acid Scientific  

1. An acid that is an organic compound, especially a carboxylic acid.

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Example Sentences

No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process because the researchers use oxalic acid -- an organic acid that can be found in the plant kingdom.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

So they did all kinds of just really organic research and ended up settling on benzoic acid as the organic acid that was the most satisfying.

From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2021

Some of these microbes secrete an organic acid that allows them to dissolve the glass and consume its nutrients.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2015

The organic acid is stored until the next day and is then broken down releasing carbon dioxide that can be fixed by rubisco and enter the Calvin cycle to make sugars.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The basicity of an organic acid, as above defined, is determined by the number of carboxyl groups present.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg