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Acetic Acid

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Noun

1. acetic acid, ethanoic acid

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Acetic Acid

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noun
a colourless pungent liquid, miscible with water, widely used in the manufacture of acetic anhydride, vinyl acetate, plastics, pharmaceuticals, dyes, etc. Formula: CH3COOH
. Systematic name: ethanoic acid See also glacial acetic acid, vinegar

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Acetic Acid

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a sour, colorless, liquid organic acid, CH3COOH, having a sharp odor: it is contained in vinegar (3 to 8%) and is used with alcohols to produce esters, esp. cellulose acetate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Acetic Acid

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n.
A clear, colorless organic acid, C2H4O2, with a distinctive pungent odor, used as a solvent and in the manufacture of rubber, plastics, acetate fibers, pharmaceuticals, and photographic chemicals. It is the chief acid of vinegar.

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