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monooctyl

monooctyl noun: a single octyl group in a compound.

Noun

monooctyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A single octyl group in a compound

Origin of monooctyl

From mono- + octyl.

Questions about monooctyl

What does monooctyl mean?
Monooctyl means a single octyl group in a compound.
What part of speech is monooctyl?
Monooctyl is a noun.

Words near monooctyl in the dictionary

  1. mononyms
  2. mononymy
  3. monooctanoate
  4. monooctanoates
  5. monooctanoin
  6. monooctyl
  7. monooleate
  8. monooleates
  9. monoolefin
  10. monoolein
  11. monooleins

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