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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (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"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acid value
    n 1: (chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as
         measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to
         neutralize it; "as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose
         the acid value increases"