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octoic

octoic adjective: pertaining to, derived from, or resembling octane; used mostly to designate any of a group of acids including caprylic acid.

Adjective

octoic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling octane; used mostly to designate any of a group of acids including caprylic acid.
    • 2-Ethylhexanoic acid is also known as octoic acid
    • octoic aldehyde

Origin of octoic

From octo- + -ic.

Words formed from octoic

Questions about octoic

What does octoic mean?
Octoic means pertaining to, derived from, or resembling octane; used mostly to designate any of a group of acids including caprylic acid.
What part of speech is octoic?
Octoic is an adjective.

Words near octoic in the dictionary

  1. octograms
  2. octogynous
  3. octohedra
  4. octohedron
  5. octohedrons
  6. octoic
  7. octoid
  8. octoidal
  9. octolateral
  10. octolingual
  11. octolocular

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