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haloacetate

haloacetate noun: a salt or ester of a haloacetic acid.

Noun

haloacetate (plural haloacetates)

  1. A salt or ester of a haloacetic acid.

Forms of haloacetate

pluralhaloacetates

Origin of haloacetate

From haloacetic + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about haloacetate

What does haloacetate mean?
Haloacetate means a salt or ester of a haloacetic acid.
What part of speech is haloacetate?
Haloacetate is a noun.
What is the plural of haloacetate?
The plural of haloacetate is haloacetates.

Words near haloacetate in the dictionary

  1. Haloa
  2. haloacene
  3. haloacenes
  4. haloacetamide
  5. haloacetamides
  6. haloacetate
  7. haloacetates
  8. haloacetic
  9. haloacetic acid
  10. haloacetic acids
  11. haloacetonitrile

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