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substituents

substituents is the plural of substituent.

Meaning of substituent

Noun

substituent (plural substituents)

  1. Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
    • Other highly effective heterocyclic substituents were pyrazinyl and quinoxalyl.1951, Apollonia Frances Olson, Helen G. Tibbitts, A Study of Head Nurse Activities in a General Hospital, 1950, page 163
  2. Pro-form.

Questions about substituents

What is substituents the plural of?
Substituents is the plural of substituent.

Words near substituents in the dictionary

  1. substituend
  2. substituenda
  3. substituends
  4. substituendum
  5. substituent
  6. substituents
  7. substitutabilities
  8. substitutability
  9. substitutable
  10. substitutables
  11. substitutably

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