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tetraethyl

tetraethyl noun: four ethyl groups in a molecule.

Noun

tetraethyl (uncountable)

  1. Four ethyl groups in a molecule.

Origin of tetraethyl

From tetra- + ethyl.

Words formed from tetraethyl

Phrases with tetraethyl

Questions about tetraethyl

What does tetraethyl mean?
Tetraethyl means four ethyl groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is tetraethyl?
Tetraethyl is a noun.

Words near tetraethyl in the dictionary

  1. tetraeterids
  2. tetraeteris
  3. tetraether
  4. tetraethers
  5. tetraethoxysilane
  6. tetraethyl
  7. tetraethyl lead
  8. tetraethyl leads
  9. tetraethylammonium
  10. tetraethylammoniums
  11. tetraethylenepentamine

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