Aliphatic Definition

ălə-fătĭk
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating a group of organic chemical compounds in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains.
American Heritage
Pertaining to a fat or oil.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a major group of organic compounds, structured in open chains, including alkanes (paraffins), alkenes (olefins), and alkynes (acetylenes)
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

Wiktionary
noun
A compound of this type.
Wiktionary

(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds.

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Other Word Forms of Aliphatic

Noun

Singular:
aliphatic
Plural:
aliphatics

Origin of Aliphatic

  • From Greek aleiphar aleiphat- oil from aleiphein to anoint with oil leip- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (aleiphar, “oil, ointment”).

    From Wiktionary

Aliphatic Sentence Examples

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

  • There also exists an extensive class of compounds termed the " heterocyclic series " - these compounds are derived from ring systems containing atoms other than carbon; this class is more generally allied to the aromatic series than to the aliphatic.

  • We now proceed to discuss the types of aliphatic compounds; then, the characteristic groupings having been established, an epitome of their derivatives will be given.

  • It has already been stated that benzene derivatives may be regarded as formed by the replacement of hydrogen atoms by other elements or radicals in exactly the same manner as in the aliphatic series.

  • In general, the aliphatic residues in such mixed compounds retain the characters of their class, while the aromatic residues retain the properties of benzene.

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Words Starting With

AALALI

Words Ending With

CICTIC

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