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monoethyl

monoethyl noun: a single ethyl group in a molecule.

Noun

monoethyl (uncountable)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) A single ethyl group in a molecule

Origin of monoethyl

From mono- + ethyl.

Questions about monoethyl

What does monoethyl mean?
Monoethyl means a single ethyl group in a molecule.
What part of speech is monoethyl?
Monoethyl is a noun.

Words near monoethyl in the dictionary

  1. monoetherate
  2. monoetherates
  3. monoethers
  4. monoethnic
  5. monoethnicity
  6. monoethyl
  7. monoethylene
  8. monoethylene glycol
  9. monoethylglycinexylidide
  10. monoetiological
  11. monoeukaryotic

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