alkyl
Meaning of alkyl
noun, modifier noun
- of or denoting a hydrocarbon radical derived from an alkane by removal of a hydrogen atom.
alkyl halides
late 19th century: German, from Alkohol ‘alcohol’ + -yl.
Information about alkyl
- It is a name.
- The plural form of alkyl is: alkyls.
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Hyphenation of alkyl
alkyl
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- alkyl is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of alkyl
Words that rhyme with alkyl
aminoalkyl, aralkyl, cyanoalkyl, cycloalkyl, dialkyl, fluoroalkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, monoalkyl, octaalkyl, perfluoroalkyl, tetraalkyl, thioalkyl, trialkyl
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