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butyronitrile

butyronitrile noun: the nitrile derived from butyric acid.

Noun

butyronitrile (uncountable)

  1. The nitrile derived from butyric acid

Origin of butyronitrile

From butyro- + nitrile.

Questions about butyronitrile

What does butyronitrile mean?
Butyronitrile means the nitrile derived from butyric acid.
What part of speech is butyronitrile?
Butyronitrile is a noun.

Words near butyronitrile in the dictionary

  1. butyrolactones
  2. butyrometer
  3. butyrometers
  4. butyrometric
  5. butyrone
  6. butyronitrile
  7. butyrophenone
  8. butyrophenones
  9. butyrophilin
  10. butyrophilins
  11. butyrospermol

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