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tributyl

tributyl noun: three butyl groups in a compound.

Noun

tributyl (uncountable)

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

Origin of tributyl

From tri- + butyl.

Words formed from tributyl

Questions about tributyl

What does tributyl mean?
Tributyl means three butyl groups in a compound.
What part of speech is tributyl?
Tributyl is a noun.

Words near tributyl in the dictionary

  1. tributers
  2. tributes
  3. tributing
  4. tributor
  5. tributors
  6. tributyl
  7. tributyl phosphate
  8. tributylamine
  9. tributylin
  10. tributylphosphate
  11. tributylphosphine

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