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dehydrohalogenate

dehydrohalogenate verb: to remove the elements of a hydrogen halide from a substance.

Verb

dehydrohalogenate (third-person singular simple present dehydrohalogenates, present participle dehydrohalogenating, simple past and past participle dehydrohalogenated)

  1. To remove the elements of a hydrogen halide from a substance.

Forms of dehydrohalogenate

third-person singular presentdehydrohalogenates
present participledehydrohalogenating
past participledehydrohalogenated
pastdehydrohalogenated

Origin of dehydrohalogenate

From de- + hydro- + halogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about dehydrohalogenate

What does dehydrohalogenate mean?
Dehydrohalogenate means to remove the elements of a hydrogen halide from a substance.
What part of speech is dehydrohalogenate?
Dehydrohalogenate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehydrohalogenate?
The past tense of dehydrohalogenate is dehydrohalogenated.

Words near dehydrohalogenate in the dictionary

  1. dehydrogenized
  2. dehydrogenizes
  3. dehydrogenizing
  4. dehydroglycine
  5. dehydrohalogenase
  6. dehydrohalogenate
  7. dehydrohalogenated
  8. dehydrohalogenates
  9. dehydrohalogenating
  10. dehydrohalogenation
  11. dehydrohalogenations

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