aliphatic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ælɪˈfætɪk/

Adjective

aliphatic (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• alicyclic
• aliphaticity
• aliphatic PVA
• cycloaliphatic
• haloaliphatic
• nitroaliphatic
• nonaliphatic

 

Translations

organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain

• Bulgarian: мастен (masten), алифатен (alifaten)
• Catalan: alifàtic
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 脂肪族 (zi¹ fong¹ zuk⁶)

  Mandarin: 脂肪族 (zh) (zhīfángzú)

• Czech: alifatický
• Finnish: alifaattinen, avoketjuinen
• French: aliphatique (fr)
• German: aliphatisch (de)
• Hungarian: alifás (hu)
• Irish: alafatach
• Italian: alifatico (it)
• Japanese: 脂肪族の (しぼうぞくの, shibōzoku no)
• Korean: 지방족(脂肪族) (jibangjok)
• Macedonian: алифатичен (alifatičen), алифатски (alifatski)
• Polish: alifatyczny
• Portuguese: alifático (pt)
• Romanian: alifatic (ro)
• Russian: алифати́ческий (ru) (alifatíčeskij)
• Spanish: alifático (es)
• Swedish: alifatisk (sv)
• Tagalog: malatabain
• Turkish: alifatik (tr)

Noun

aliphatic (plural aliphatics)

1. A compound of this type.
2. (chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds

See also

• alicyclic
• aromatic