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polyol

UK/ˈpɒlɪɒl/

polyol noun: any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.

Noun

polyol (plural polyols)

  1. Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.
    • a team at the Ames Research Center in California announced that the Murchison rock also contained complex strings of sugars called polyols, which had not been found off the Earth before.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 258

Forms of polyol

pluralpolyols

Origin of polyol

From poly- + -ol.

Words formed from polyol

Questions about polyol

What does polyol mean?
Polyol means any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.
What part of speech is polyol?
Polyol is a noun.
How do you pronounce polyol?
Polyol is pronounced /ˈpɒlɪɒl/ (UK).
What is the plural of polyol?
The plural of polyol is polyols.

Words near polyol in the dictionary

  1. polyodontoids
  2. polyodonts
  3. polyoestrous
  4. polyoestry
  5. polyoid
  6. polyol
  7. polyolefin
  8. polyolefine
  9. polyolefines
  10. polyolefins
  11. polyols

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