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Definition of Aliphatic
1. Adjective. Having carbon atoms linked in open chains.
Definition of Aliphatic
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.
Definition of Aliphatic
1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain. ¹
2. Noun. A compound of this type. ¹
3. Noun. (chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aliphatic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Aliphatic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aliphatic
Literary usage of Aliphatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"1880, 49, 024 ; 1887, 57, 102, 434 ; 1880, 63, 604 ; 1889, 55, 412 ; 1890, 57,
785 : cf. Forster and Garland ibid. 1909, 95. 2051.) 2. aliphatic-AROMATIC ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"A mixture of aliphatic aldehydes and ammonia is converted into amines if electrolysed
in sulphuric acid solution with a lead kathode, the relative ..."
3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"aliphatic HYPNOTICS Sleep is one of the earlier phenomena of light narcosis, and
can therefore be induced by small doses of any of the aliphatic narcotics. ..."
4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"The saturated hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series are not attacked by ...
The aromatic hydrocarbons differ from the aliphatic hydrocarbons in all these ..."
5. The Chemistry of the Diazo-compounds by John Cannell Cain (1908)
"The amines of the aliphatic series do not react with nitrous acid as do those of
the aromatic series. Only in certain cases is there a departure from the ..."
6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"PART II CYCLIC SERIES INTRODUCTION RESUME OF aliphatic SERIES We come now in our
study to a very distinct and very remarkable division. ..."
7. Chemical Constitution and Physiological Action by Leopold Spiegel (1915)
"In the aromatic series this action is principally confined to the motor centers,
while in the aliphatic series it affects essentially the sensory centers. ..."
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