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==English==
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[[Image:Adipic-acid-3D-balls.png|thumb|right|300px|Ball-and-stick model of a molecule of '''adipic acid'''.]]

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|carboxylic acid}} A [[white]] [[crystalline]] [[dicarboxylic acid]], <chem>C4H8(COOH)2</chem>; it has many [[industrial]] [[applications]]; when [[condensed]] with [[hexamethylene diamine]] it produces [[nylon]].

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|E355}} when used as an [[acidity regulator]]
* {{l|en|hexanedioic acid}} {{qualifier|IUPAC}}
* {{l|en|butane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid}}
* {{l|en|butanedicarboxylic acid}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|aminoadipic acid|ketoadipic acid}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|crystalline dicarboxylic acid}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|àcid adípic|m}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|adipinezuur|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|adipiinihappo}}
* German: {{t+|de|Adipinsäure|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|adipinsav}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|asam adipat}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|acido adipico}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|asem adhipat}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|adipīnskābe|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|kwas adypinowy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|ácido adípico|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|acid adipic|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|адипи́новая кислота́|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|адипинска киселина|f}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|adipinska kiselina|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kyselina adipová|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|adipinska kislina|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|ácido adípico}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|adipinsyra|c}}
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