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tertiary alcohol

tertiary alcohol noun: any alcohol of general formula R₃C-OH.

Noun

tertiary alcohol (plural tertiary alcohols)

  1. Any alcohol of general formula R₃C-OH

Forms of tertiary alcohol

pluraltertiary alcohols

Questions about tertiary alcohol

What does tertiary alcohol mean?
Tertiary alcohol means any alcohol of general formula R₃C-OH.
What part of speech is tertiary alcohol?
Tertiary alcohol is a noun.
What is the plural of tertiary alcohol?
The plural of tertiary alcohol is tertiary alcohols.

Words near tertiary alcohol in the dictionary

  1. tertiariness
  2. tertiarisation
  3. tertiarism
  4. tertiarization
  5. tertiary
  6. tertiary alcohol
  7. tertiary alcohols
  8. tertiary amine
  9. tertiary amines
  10. tertiary amyl
  11. tertiary butyl

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