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trifunctional

trifunctional adjective: having three functions.

Adjective

trifunctional (not comparable)

  1. Having three functions
  2. Having three functional groups
    • Sequential living polymerizations of hydrophilic and hydrophobic vinyl ethers from these trifunctional initiators give amphiphilic triarmed block copolymers where the hydrophilic segments may be placed either inner or outer layer of the three arms.1997, Hatada, Macromolecular Design of Polymeric Materials, →ISBN, page 45

Origin of trifunctional

From tri- + functional.

Words formed from trifunctional

Questions about trifunctional

What does trifunctional mean?
Trifunctional means having three functions.
What part of speech is trifunctional?
Trifunctional is an adjective.

Words near trifunctional in the dictionary

  1. triformity
  2. triformol
  3. triformous
  4. trifoveolate
  5. trifrequency
  6. trifunctional
  7. trifunctionalism
  8. trifunctionality
  9. trifunctionalize
  10. trifunctionalized
  11. trifunctionally

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