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nitroaliphatic

nitroaliphatic adjective: describing an aliphatic nitro-compound.

Adjective

nitroaliphatic (not comparable)

  1. Describing an aliphatic nitro-compound

Origin of nitroaliphatic

From nitro- + aliphatic.

Questions about nitroaliphatic

What does nitroaliphatic mean?
Nitroaliphatic means describing an aliphatic nitro-compound.
What part of speech is nitroaliphatic?
Nitroaliphatic is an adjective.

Words near nitroaliphatic in the dictionary

  1. nitro-hydrochloric acid
  2. nitro-hydrochloric acids
  3. nitroalanine
  4. nitroaldol
  5. nitroaldols
  6. nitroaliphatic
  7. nitroalizarin
  8. nitroalizarins
  9. nitroalkane
  10. nitroalkanes
  11. nitroalkene

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