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heptadecanal

heptadecanal noun: an aliphatic aldehyde that has seventeen carbon atoms.

Noun

heptadecanal (uncountable)

  1. An aliphatic aldehyde that has seventeen carbon atoms

Questions about heptadecanal

What does heptadecanal mean?
Heptadecanal means an aliphatic aldehyde that has seventeen carbon atoms.
What part of speech is heptadecanal?
Heptadecanal is a noun.

Words near heptadecanal in the dictionary

  1. heptadecahedron
  2. heptadecahedrons
  3. heptadecamer
  4. heptadecameric
  5. heptadecamers
  6. heptadecanal
  7. heptadecane
  8. heptadecanes
  9. heptadecanoate
  10. heptadecanoates
  11. heptadecanoic

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