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Propionic Acid

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Noun

1. propanoic acid, propionic acid

a liquid fatty acid found in milk and sweat and in fuel distillates

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Propionic Acid

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former name for propanoic acid
noun
the former name for propanoic acid

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Propionic Acid

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a colorless, sharp-smelling, liquid fatty acid, CH3CH2CO2H, found in chyme and sweat, and produced from ethanol and carbon monoxide: used in making artificial flavors, perfume esters, preservatives, etc.

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

Propionic Acid

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n.
An oily liquid acid, C3H6O2, found naturally in sweat, in milk products, and as a product of bacterial fermentation. Prepared synthetically from ethyl alcohol and carbon monoxide, it is used chiefly in the form of its propionates as a mold inhibitor in bread and as an ingredient in perfume. Also called propanoic acid.

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