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octylic

octylic adjective: pertaining to, derived from, or containing octyl.

Adjective

octylic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing octyl.
    • octylic acid
    • octylic alcohol

Origin of octylic

From octyl + -ic.

Questions about octylic

What does octylic mean?
Octylic means pertaining to, derived from, or containing octyl.
What part of speech is octylic?
Octylic is an adjective.

Words near octylic in the dictionary

  1. octylations
  2. octylene
  3. octylenes
  4. octylglucoside
  5. octylglucosides
  6. octylic
  7. octylisothiazolinone
  8. octyloxy
  9. octyloxys
  10. octylphenol
  11. octylphenols

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