"trans fatty acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trans fatty acids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=trans fatty acid}} trans fatty acid (plural trans fatty acids)
  1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated fatty acid in which one or more of the double bonds has the trans orientation instead of the usual cis orientation. Categories (topical): Fatty acids Related terms: polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, trans fat, unsaturated fat Translations (type of unsaturated fatty acid): 反式脂肪酸 (fǎnshì zhīfángsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), transfedtsyre [common-gender] (Danish), transrasvahappo (Finnish), transfettsyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), транс-изомеры жирная кислота́ (trans-izomery žirnaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-trans_fatty_acid-en-noun-p0g~xMo6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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