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polyaromatic

polyaromatic adjective: containing more than one aromatic ring system, especially several such rings fused together.

Adjective

polyaromatic (comparative more polyaromatic, superlative most polyaromatic)

  1. Containing more than one aromatic ring system, especially several such rings fused together.
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Noun

polyaromatic (plural polyaromatics)

  1. A polyaromatic compound.

Forms of polyaromatic

Adjective
comparativemore polyaromatic
superlativemost polyaromatic
Noun
pluralpolyaromatics

Origin of polyaromatic

From poly- + aromatic.

Words formed from polyaromatic

Questions about polyaromatic

What does polyaromatic mean?
Polyaromatic means containing more than one aromatic ring system, especially several such rings fused together.
What part of speech is polyaromatic?
Polyaromatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near polyaromatic in the dictionary

  1. polyargites
  2. polyargyrite
  3. polyargyrites
  4. polyarnik
  5. Polyarny
  6. polyaromatic
  7. polyaromatic hydrocarbon
  8. polyaromatics
  9. polyarsenite
  10. polyarteritides
  11. polyarteritis

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