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dicarbonic

dicarbonic adjective: containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl radicals.

Adjective

dicarbonic (not comparable)

  1. Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl radicals.
    • Oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.

Origin of dicarbonic

From di- + carbonic.

Questions about dicarbonic

What does dicarbonic mean?
Dicarbonic means containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl radicals.
What part of speech is dicarbonic?
Dicarbonic is an adjective.

Words near dicarbonic in the dictionary

  1. dicarbides
  2. dicarbine
  3. dicarbon
  4. dicarbonate
  5. dicarbonates
  6. dicarbonic
  7. dicarbons
  8. dicarbonyl
  9. dicarbonylation
  10. dicarbonylations
  11. dicarbonyls

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