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butyl
| butyl alcohol
| butyl mercaptan
| butyl nitrite
| butyl rubber
| butylamine
butyl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun butyl has 1 sense
- butyl(n = noun.substance) Array - a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9); Array is a kind of chemical group, group, radical
Derived form verb butylate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
butyl, n. [L. butyrum butter + -yl. See Butter.].
A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
butyl, n. Chem. the univalent alkyl radical C4H9.
Idiom
butyl rubber a synthetic rubber used in the manufacture of tyre inner tubes.
Etymology
BUTYRIC (ACID) + -YL
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