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monocarbonic

monocarbonic adjective: monocarboxylic (containing a single carboxyl group).

Adjective

monocarbonic (not comparable)

  1. monocarboxylic (containing a single carboxyl group).
    • Acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.

Origin of monocarbonic

From mono- + carbonic.

Questions about monocarbonic

What does monocarbonic mean?
Monocarbonic means monocarboxylic (containing a single carboxyl group).
What part of speech is monocarbonic?
Monocarbonic is an adjective.

Words near monocarbonic in the dictionary

  1. monocarbide
  2. monocarbides
  3. monocarbon
  4. monocarbonate
  5. monocarbonates
  6. monocarbonic
  7. monocarbonyl
  8. monocarbonylation
  9. monocarbonylations
  10. monocarbonyls
  11. monocarboxylate

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