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hydroxyl

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Noun

HYPHEN

hy=drox=yl

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hydroxyl has 1 sense

hydroxyl(n = noun.substance) hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical - the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols; Array

is a kind of chemical group, group, radical

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hydroxyl, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.].

A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

hydroxyl, n. Chem. the univalent group containing hydrogen and oxygen, as -OH.

Etymology

HYDROGEN + OXYGEN + -YL

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