[1780–90; sebac(eous) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alignment, carbon, classification, fluff, seep-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)
Examples of 'sebacic' in a sentence
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A comparative approach revealed higher contents of azelaic acid and sebacic acid in bran than in endosperm.
A.A. Moazzami, M. Coulomb, A. Gombert 2015, 'Metabolomics study of cereal grains reveals the discriminative metabolic markers associatedwith anatomical compartments', Italian Journal of Food Sciencehttp://www.chiriottieditori.it/ojs/index.php/ijfs/article/view/180. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Examples of these monomers include glycerol, xylitol, sorbitol, and lactic, sebacic, citric, succinic, α-ketoglutaric, and fumaric acids.
Devin G. Barrett, Muhammad N. Yousaf 2009, 'Design and Applications of Biodegradable Polyester Tissue Scaffolds Based on EndogenousMonomers Found in Human Metabolism', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/14/10/4022/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)