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trialkyl

trialkyl noun: three alkyl groups in a compound.

Noun

trialkyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) Three alkyl groups in a compound

Origin of trialkyl

From tri- + alkyl.

Words formed from trialkyl

Questions about trialkyl

What does trialkyl mean?
Trialkyl means three alkyl groups in a compound.
What part of speech is trialkyl?
Trialkyl is a noun.

Words near trialkyl in the dictionary

  1. triality
  2. trialkoxide
  3. trialkoxides
  4. trialkoxysilane
  5. trialkoxysilanes
  6. trialkyl
  7. trialkylated
  8. trialkyllead
  9. trialkylphosphate
  10. trialkylphosphine
  11. trialkylphosphines

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