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octanoate

octanoate noun: any salt or ester of octanoic acid.

Noun

octanoate (plural octanoates)

  1. Any salt or ester of octanoic acid.
    Synonyms:
    caprylate

Synonyms of octanoate

Forms of octanoate

pluraloctanoates

Origin of octanoate

From octanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Words formed from octanoate

Questions about octanoate

What does octanoate mean?
Octanoate means any salt or ester of octanoic acid.
What part of speech is octanoate?
Octanoate is a noun.
What is the plural of octanoate?
The plural of octanoate is octanoates.

Words near octanoate in the dictionary

  1. octangular
  2. octangularly
  3. octanitride
  4. octanitrides
  5. octanitrocubane
  6. octanoate
  7. octanoates
  8. octanoic
  9. octanoic acid
  10. octanol
  11. octanols

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