benzoic acid

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word benzoic acid. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word benzoic acid, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say benzoic acid in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word benzoic acid you have here. The definition of the word benzoic acid will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbenzoic acid, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Ball-and-stick model of benzoic acid.

Noun

benzoic acid (countable and uncountable, plural benzoic acids)

  1. (organic chemistry) A white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations