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dioctyl

dioctyl noun: two octyl groups in a molecule.

Noun

dioctyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Two octyl groups in a molecule

Origin of dioctyl

From di- + octyl.

Words formed from dioctyl

Questions about dioctyl

What does dioctyl mean?
Dioctyl means two octyl groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is dioctyl?
Dioctyl is a noun.

Words near dioctyl in the dictionary

  1. diocotron instabilities
  2. diocotron instability
  3. dioctadecyl
  4. dioctahedral
  5. dioctanoyl
  6. dioctyl
  7. dioctyl phthalate
  8. dioctylbenzothienobenzothiophene
  9. dioctylfluorene
  10. dioctylfluorenes
  11. diode

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