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headgroup

headgroup noun: a bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone.

Noun

headgroup (plural headgroups)

  1. A bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone
  2. The group of instances at the head (high end) of a distribution curve

Forms of headgroup

pluralheadgroups
alternative formhead group

Origin of headgroup

From head + group.

Questions about headgroup

What does headgroup mean?
Headgroup means a bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone.
What part of speech is headgroup?
Headgroup is a noun.
What is the plural of headgroup?
The plural of headgroup is headgroups.

Words near headgroup in the dictionary

  1. headgates
  2. headgear
  3. headgears
  4. headground
  5. headgrounds
  6. headgroup
  7. headgroups
  8. headgrowth
  9. headgrowths
  10. headguard
  11. headguards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headgroup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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