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tetradecenoic

tetradecenoic adjective: having fourteen carbon atoms; only used in tetradecenoic acid and derivatives.

Adjective

tetradecenoic (not comparable)

  1. Having fourteen carbon atoms; only used in tetradecenoic acid and derivatives.

Origin of tetradecenoic

By surface analysis, tetradec- (“fourteen”) + enoic.

Words formed from tetradecenoic

Phrases with tetradecenoic

Questions about tetradecenoic

What does tetradecenoic mean?
Tetradecenoic means having fourteen carbon atoms; only used in tetradecenoic acid and derivatives.
What part of speech is tetradecenoic?
Tetradecenoic is an adjective.

Words near tetradecenoic in the dictionary

  1. tetradecenals
  2. tetradecene
  3. tetradecenes
  4. tetradecenoate
  5. tetradecenoates
  6. tetradecenoic
  7. tetradecenoic acid
  8. tetradecenoic acids
  9. tetradecenoyl
  10. tetradecenyl
  11. tetradecimal

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