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tetradecanal

tetradecanal noun: the aliphatic aldehyde that has fourteen carbon atoms.

Noun

tetradecanal (uncountable)

  1. The aliphatic aldehyde that has fourteen carbon atoms.

Origin of tetradecanal

From tetradeca- (“fourteen”) + -n- + -al (“aldehyde”).

Questions about tetradecanal

What does tetradecanal mean?
Tetradecanal means the aliphatic aldehyde that has fourteen carbon atoms.
What part of speech is tetradecanal?
Tetradecanal is a noun.

Words near tetradecanal in the dictionary

  1. tetradecahedrons
  2. tetradecamanganese
  3. tetradecamer
  4. tetradecameric
  5. tetradecamers
  6. tetradecanal
  7. tetradecane
  8. tetradecanedioate
  9. tetradecanedioates
  10. tetradecanes
  11. tetradecanoate

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