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octaethyl

octaethyl noun: eight ethyl groups in a molecule.

Noun

octaethyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Eight ethyl groups in a molecule

Origin of octaethyl

From octa- + ethyl.

Words formed from octaethyl

Questions about octaethyl

What does octaethyl mean?
Octaethyl means eight ethyl groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is octaethyl?
Octaethyl is a noun.

Words near octaethyl in the dictionary

  1. octaedral
  2. octaedron
  3. octaeteric
  4. octaeterides
  5. octaeteris
  6. octaethyl
  7. octaethylene glycol
  8. octaethyleneglycol
  9. octaethylporphyrin
  10. octaethylporphyrins
  11. octafinal

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