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Methyl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, derived from methane and occurring in many important organic compounds.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The hypothetical radical (CH3) of woodspirit and its derivatives. It is analogous to ethyl in its chemical relations.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane

Word Usage

"Slide 8: 1) Place the alkyl groups joined by the oxygen atom as the prefix alphabetical CH3 - O - CH2 - CH2 - CH3 methyl propyl  "methyl propyl" 2) Put ether at the end of name as the suffix methyl propyl ether"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

alkyl group alkyl radical alkyl

Cross Reference

methyl alcohol

Variant

methule methyle

Hyponym

aminomethane hydroxymethyl

Form

methylate methyl alcohol dimethyl methyl blue

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bethel Ethel bethel ethel ethyl

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

ethyl phenyl alkyl allyl butyl ester ammonium isopropyl vinyl cellulose