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carbophilic

carbophilic adjective: having an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule (especially an unsaturated one).

Adjective

carbophilic (comparative more carbophilic, superlative most carbophilic)

  1. Having an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule (especially an unsaturated one)

Forms of carbophilic

comparativemore carbophilic
superlativemost carbophilic

Origin of carbophilic

From carbo- + -philic.

Questions about carbophilic

What does carbophilic mean?
Carbophilic means having an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule (especially an unsaturated one).
What part of speech is carbophilic?
Carbophilic is an adjective.

Words near carbophilic in the dictionary

  1. carbonylsulfide
  2. carbonæmia
  3. Carboor
  4. carbopalladation
  5. carbopalladations
  6. carbophilic
  7. carbophobe
  8. carbophobes
  9. carbophobia
  10. carbophobic
  11. carbophos

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