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ACID VALUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it
Example:
as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("acid value" is a kind of...):
definite quantity (a specific measure of amount)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
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