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organic acid

American

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

noun

plural

organic acids

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

organic acid Scientific

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

Example Sentences

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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 oxaloacetate is converted into another organic acid, such as malate.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

By further exposure to air the organic acid is oxidized to carbonic acid, and hydrated oxide of iron remains.

From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)

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