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hydrocarbyl

hydrocarbyl noun: any univalent radical, derived from a hydrocarbon, such as methyl or phenyl.

Noun

hydrocarbyl (plural hydrocarbyls)

  1. Any univalent radical, derived from a hydrocarbon, such as methyl or phenyl.

Forms of hydrocarbyl

pluralhydrocarbyls

Questions about hydrocarbyl

What does hydrocarbyl mean?
Hydrocarbyl means any univalent radical, derived from a hydrocarbon, such as methyl or phenyl.
What part of speech is hydrocarbyl?
Hydrocarbyl is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrocarbyl?
The plural of hydrocarbyl is hydrocarbyls.

Words near hydrocarbyl in the dictionary

  1. hydrocarboxylations
  2. hydrocarboxylic
  3. hydrocarburet
  4. hydrocarburets
  5. hydrocarburetted
  6. hydrocarbyl
  7. hydrocarbylene
  8. hydrocarbylenes
  9. hydrocarbylidene
  10. hydrocarbylidenes
  11. hydrocarbylidyne

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