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dimethylformamide

dimethylformamide noun: the methyl substituted amide HCO-N(CH₃)₂ used as a polar solvent.

Noun

dimethylformamide (countable and uncountable, plural dimethylformamides)

  1. The methyl substituted amide HCO-N(CH₃)₂ used as a polar solvent
    Synonyms:
    DMF

Synonyms of dimethylformamide

Forms of dimethylformamide

pluraldimethylformamides

Questions about dimethylformamide

What does dimethylformamide mean?
Dimethylformamide means the methyl substituted amide HCO-N(CH₃)₂ used as a polar solvent.
What part of speech is dimethylformamide?
Dimethylformamide is a noun.
What is the plural of dimethylformamide?
The plural of dimethylformamide is dimethylformamides.

Words near dimethylformamide in the dictionary

  1. dimethyldisulfide
  2. dimethyldisulphide
  3. dimethylene
  4. dimethylethanolamine
  5. dimethylether
  6. dimethylformamide
  7. dimethylformamides
  8. dimethylfuran
  9. dimethylfurans
  10. dimethylgliotoxin
  11. dimethylglycine

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