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butylacetate

butylacetate noun: any salt or ester of butylacetic acid. Also the alternative form of butyl acetate.

Noun

butylacetate (countable and uncountable, plural butylacetates)

  1. Any salt or ester of butylacetic acid

Also used as

butylacetate is also the alternative form of butyl acetate.

Forms of butylacetate

pluralbutylacetates

Origin of butylacetate

From butyl + acetate.

Questions about butylacetate

What does butylacetate mean?
Butylacetate means any salt or ester of butylacetic acid.
What part of speech is butylacetate?
Butylacetate is a noun.
What is the plural of butylacetate?
The plural of butylacetate is butylacetates.

Words near butylacetate in the dictionary

  1. butyl alcohol
  2. butyl alcohols
  3. butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
  4. butyl rubber
  5. butyl rubbers
  6. butylacetate
  7. butylacetates
  8. butylaldehyde
  9. butylamine
  10. butylamines
  11. butylamino

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