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tetraoctyl

tetraoctyl noun: four octyl groups in a molecule.

Noun

tetraoctyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Four octyl groups in a molecule

Origin of tetraoctyl

From tetra- + octyl.

Questions about tetraoctyl

What does tetraoctyl mean?
Tetraoctyl means four octyl groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is tetraoctyl?
Tetraoctyl is a noun.

Words near tetraoctyl in the dictionary

  1. tetranychids
  2. tetraobol
  3. tetraobols
  4. tetraoctanoate
  5. tetraoctanoates
  6. tetraoctyl
  7. tetraodon
  8. tetraodons
  9. tetraodontid
  10. tetraodontids
  11. tetraodontiform

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