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octoyl

octoyl noun: a hypothetical radical, C₈H₁₅O, regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.

Noun

octoyl (uncountable)

  1. A hypothetical radical, C₈H₁₅O, regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.

Origin of octoyl

From octoic + -yl.

Questions about octoyl

What does octoyl mean?
Octoyl means a hypothetical radical, C₈H₁₅O, regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.
What part of speech is octoyl?
Octoyl is a noun.

Words near octoyl in the dictionary

  1. octovirs
  2. octoword
  3. octowords
  4. octoxide
  5. octoxides
  6. octoyl
  7. Octr
  8. Octr.
  9. octree
  10. octrees
  11. octreoscan

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