Definitions for aliphatic

aliphatic al·i·phat·ic

Spelling: [al-uh-fat-ik]
IPA: /ˌæl əˈfæt ɪk/

Aliphatic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in aliphatic (aachiilpt).

Definitions for aliphatic

adjective

  1. 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.

Origin of aliphatic

1885-90; Greek aleiphat- (stem of áleiphar oil, fat) + -ic

Examples for aliphatic

As before, only true ring nuclei, and not internal anhydrides of aliphatic compounds, will be mentioned.

These observations may be summarized by saying that the benzene nucleus is more negative in character than the aliphatic residues.

What are commonly known as "fruity" odors belong mostly to what the chemist calls the fatty or aliphatic series.

They are compounds which greatly resemble the mixed ethers of the aliphatic series.

The azo-group is particularly active, both the aliphatic and aromatic compounds being coloured.

Carbohydrates are classed as open-chain compounds, that is, they may be regarded as derivatives of the aliphatic hydrocarbons.

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