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dioxirane

dioxirane noun: any of a class of saturated heterocycles having a three-membered ring, one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.

Noun

dioxirane (plural dioxiranes)

  1. Any of a class of saturated heterocycles having a three-membered ring, one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms

Forms of dioxirane

pluraldioxiranes

Questions about dioxirane

What does dioxirane mean?
Dioxirane means any of a class of saturated heterocycles having a three-membered ring, one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.
What part of speech is dioxirane?
Dioxirane is a noun.
What is the plural of dioxirane?
The plural of dioxirane is dioxiranes.

Words near dioxirane in the dictionary

  1. dioxin
  2. dioxindol
  3. dioxindole
  4. dioxindoles
  5. dioxins
  6. dioxirane
  7. dioxiranes
  8. dioxo
  9. dioxocane
  10. dioxocanes
  11. dioxolan

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