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aldol

/ˈældɒl/

aldol noun: any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta-position.

Noun

aldol (plural aldols)

  1. Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta-position

aldol meaning in Tamil

aldol in Tamil

அலுடோல்

Forms of aldol

pluralaldols

Origin of aldol

From aldehyde + -ol (“alcohol”).

Words formed from aldol

Questions about aldol

What does aldol mean?
Aldol means any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta-position.
What is aldol in Tamil?
Aldol in Tamil is அலுடோல். See Aldol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aldol?
Aldol is a noun.
How do you pronounce aldol?
Aldol is pronounced /ˈældɒl/.
What is the plural of aldol?
The plural of aldol is aldols.

Words near aldol in the dictionary

  1. aldoketomutase
  2. aldoketoreductase
  3. aldoketoreductases
  4. aldoketose
  5. aldoketoses
  6. aldol
  7. aldol condensation
  8. aldolase
  9. aldolases
  10. aldolate
  11. aldolates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aldol (page history and authors); aldol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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