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methenyl

methenyl noun: the hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.

Noun

methenyl (plural methenyls)

  1. The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.

Forms of methenyl

pluralmethenyls

Origin of methenyl

From methene + -yl.

Questions about methenyl

What does methenyl mean?
Methenyl means the hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.
What part of speech is methenyl?
Methenyl is a noun.
What is the plural of methenyl?
The plural of methenyl is methenyls.

Words near methenyl in the dictionary

  1. methenamine
  2. methenamines
  3. methene
  4. methenolone
  5. Metheny
  6. methenyl
  7. methenyls
  8. methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase
  9. Methenys
  10. metheptazine
  11. mether

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