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butylate

butylate verb: to react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule.

Verb

butylate (third-person singular simple present butylates, present participle butylating, simple past and past participle butylated)

  1. To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule

Forms of butylate

third-person singular presentbutylates
present participlebutylating
past participlebutylated
pastbutylated

Origin of butylate

From butyl + -ate.

Words formed from butylate

Questions about butylate

What does butylate mean?
Butylate means to react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule.
What part of speech is butylate?
Butylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of butylate?
The past tense of butylate is butylated.

Words near butylate in the dictionary

  1. butylamino
  2. butylammonium
  3. butylammoniums
  4. butylaniline
  5. butylanilines
  6. butylate
  7. butylated
  8. butylated hydroxyanisole
  9. butylated hydroxytoluene
  10. butylates
  11. butylating

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