Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid;
the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Elaidic \E`la*id"ic\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]la["i]dique. See Elaine.]
Relating to oleic acid, or elaine.
[1913 Webster]
Elaidic acid (Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic
acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
elaidic acid
n 1: a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as
oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major
trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods