ACID VALUE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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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