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parent compound

parent compound noun: the simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.

Noun

parent compound (plural parent compounds)

  1. The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.

parent compound meaning in Tamil

parent compound in Tamil

மூலச்சேர்மம்

Forms of parent compound

pluralparent compounds

Origin of parent compound

From parent + compound.

Questions about parent compound

What does parent compound mean?
Parent compound means the simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.
What is parent compound in Tamil?
Parent compound in Tamil is மூலச்சேர்மம். See Parent compound meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parent compound?
Parent compound is a noun.
What is the plural of parent compound?
The plural of parent compound is parent compounds.

Words near parent compound in the dictionary

  1. parent bugs
  2. parent class
  3. parent classes
  4. parent companies
  5. parent company
  6. parent compound
  7. parent compounds
  8. parent drug
  9. parent drugs
  10. parent language
  11. parent languages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parent compound (page history and authors); parent compound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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