Acetal

ahd-5
  • noun. A colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C6H14O2, used in perfumes and as a solvent.
  • noun. Any of the class of compounds formed by combination of an aldehyde with two equivalent weights of alcohol.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A colorless mobile liquid, C6H14O2, with an etherlike odor, produced by the imperfect oxidation of alcohol, under the influence of platinum black.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.
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  • noun. Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' does not = H).
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  • noun. any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules
    • Word Usage
    "Fasteners are available in a broad range of sizes, and in more than 15 different types of materials from steel to brass to stainless steel to aluminum to titanium as well as plastics such as acetal, nylon, PVC and ceramic material."
    cross-reference
    acetonide  acylal  hemiacetal  ketal  
    Form
    spiroacetal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    organic compound  
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    acid-catalysed  aft-motion  alkyd  amide  associational  
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