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aldehyde
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aldehyde \Al"de*hyde\ ([a^]l"d[-e]*h[imac]d), n. [Abbrev. fr. alcohol dehydrogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation. (Chem.) Any compound ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (''R''·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
first oxidation product of alcohol, 1833, discovered in 1774 by German-born Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), the name said to have been coined by German chemist Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) from abbreviation of Modern Latin alcohol dehydrogenatum ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An aldehyde or alkanal is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure −CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double-bonded to oxygen) with the carbon atom also bonded to hydrogen and to an R group , which is any generic ...
Usage examples of aldehyde.
Providence, evidently, was on the side of Joe Aldehyde and working overtime.
A year of freedom just for helping Joe Aldehyde to get his hands on Pala.
And even if Joe Aldehyde did get his concession, they could still go on making love in the style to which they were accustomed.
Neither Joe Aldehyde nor the Rani had told him of this most recent rebuff.
Lord Aldehyde has promised to back the Crusade with all his resources.
From Bahu she had learned that Will had already written to Lord Aldehyde, and within a few days a reply would doubtless be forthcoming.
Benzoic aldehyde was only moderately flammable, but the prospect of setting himself on fire with his own pipe conformed to his worst ideas of the indignity that death would one day visit upon him.
In a few minutes the hated stench of the aldehyde would have driven any bees still hanging about the comb down to the next level in the hive.
He thought it went a long way towards nullifying the effects of aldehyde loaded Vietnamese wine and beer in some fashion known only to extinct alchemists or Dupont scientists, perhaps.
The resulting atom combination, -CHO, is called an aldehyde group, for reasons we need not go into.
That, perhaps, is the particular importance of the unusual aldehyde group at carbon-18.
Antryg said softly, and a shiver went through him, although the bar, with its close-packed bodies, its smells of cigarettes and beer and synthetic aldehyde, was warm as a Jacuzzi.
If allowed to stand in a test tube, the odor of valeric aldehyde will first be noticed, then that of amyl valerate, and lastly that of valeric acid.
The aldehydes and ketones in the beer quickly dispelled any concern about the temperature of the brew.
The muscles are blood-rich and full of organic compounds, aldehydes, ketones and lactic acid.