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octanone

octanone noun: any aliphatic ketone that has eight carbon atoms.

Noun

octanone (plural octanones)

  1. Any aliphatic ketone that has eight carbon atoms

Forms of octanone

pluraloctanones

Origin of octanone

From octane + -one.

Questions about octanone

What does octanone mean?
Octanone means any aliphatic ketone that has eight carbon atoms.
What part of speech is octanone?
Octanone is a noun.
What is the plural of octanone?
The plural of octanone is octanones.

Words near octanone in the dictionary

  1. octanoic
  2. octanoic acid
  3. octanol
  4. octanols
  5. octanolysis
  6. octanone
  7. octanones
  8. octanose
  9. octanoses
  10. octanoyl
  11. octanoylate

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