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epoxides

epoxides is the plural of epoxide.

Meaning of epoxide

Noun

epoxide (plural epoxides)

  1. Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
  2. Any similar compound in which an ether linkage has been made across a larger ring.

Phrases with epoxides

Questions about epoxides

What is epoxides the plural of?
Epoxides is the plural of epoxide.

Words near epoxides in the dictionary

  1. epoxidates
  2. epoxidating
  3. epoxidation
  4. epoxidations
  5. epoxide
  6. epoxides
  7. epoxidic
  8. epoxidise
  9. epoxidised
  10. epoxidizable
  11. epoxidization

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