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methanoic

methanoic adjective: of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.

Adjective

methanoic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.
    Synonyms:
    formic

Synonyms of methanoic

Origin of methanoic

From methane + -oic.

Words formed from methanoic

Questions about methanoic

What does methanoic mean?
Methanoic means of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.
What part of speech is methanoic?
Methanoic is an adjective.

Words near methanoic in the dictionary

  1. methanogenesis
  2. methanogenetic
  3. methanogenic
  4. methanogenicity
  5. methanogens
  6. methanoic
  7. methanoic acid
  8. methanol
  9. methanolamine
  10. methanolate
  11. methanolates

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