Meaning

1 senses
  1. An insoluble colloidal acid (C₆H₈O₆)ₙ that in the form of its salts is a constituent of the cell walls of brown algae and is used as a food additive.

    Alginsäure

    альги́новая кислота́alʹgínovaja kislotá

More definitions
  • a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
colloidal acid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
colloidal acid:

Origin

From algin + -ic and acid.

From algin + -ic and acid.

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Forms

plural: alginic acids
Singularalginic acid
Pluralalginic acids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
E400
Close in meaning
  • a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier:algin

Word family

1 related words
Derivedalginate

See also

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