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trivial name

trivial name noun: a commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.

Noun

trivial name (plural trivial names)

  1. A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.
    • "Carbolic acid", "isopropyl alcohol", and "nitroglycerine" are trivial names for specific organic compounds that have formal systematic names defined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "Saltpetre" and "nitre" are trivial names for the inorganic compounds: sodium nitrate or...
  2. A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name).
    • Trivial names for types of elements, such as "heavy metals", "noble metals", and "rare-earth elements" are terms of convenience, and either do not occur as such in the periodic table or do not form strict, coherent groups in the table. Element 137 (systematic name: untriseptium) is called by the...
  3. A commonly used, non-systematic name for an organism.
    • Trivial names such as "worm", "shrimp", "fish", "toad", "cobra", "vulture", and "mahogany", though convenient and popular, do not refer to any systematically-defined biological groupings of organisms.
  4. A specific epithet.

trivial name meaning in Tamil

trivial name in Tamil

சிறுதிறப்பெயர்

Forms of trivial name

pluraltrivial names

Questions about trivial name

What does trivial name mean?
Trivial name means a commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.
What is trivial name in Tamil?
Trivial name in Tamil is சிறுதிறப்பெயர். See Trivial name meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trivial name?
Trivial name is a noun.
What is the plural of trivial name?
The plural of trivial name is trivial names.

Words near trivial name in the dictionary

  1. trivial absolute value
  2. trivial absolute values
  3. trivial functional dependencies
  4. trivial functional dependency
  5. trivial group
  6. trivial name
  7. trivial names
  8. trivial solution
  9. trivial solutions
  10. trivial topologies
  11. trivial topology

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