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Derivative
adjective · 78% connection
Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Fatty acid
noun · 78% connection
any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Isomeric
adjective · 78% connection
Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same pro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Lipic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Malonic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, CH2.(CO2H)2, and so called because obtai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Mesaconic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Metamer
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Metamerism
noun · 78% connection
The symmetry of a metameric structure; serial symmetry; the state of being made up of metameres.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Naphthalic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to denote any one of a series of acids derived from naph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Naphthoic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, naphthalene; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of carboxyl derivatives…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Neo-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Nicotinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Nitro-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form or an adjective denoting the presence of niter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Octoic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Orsellinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Ortho-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Oxidation number
noun · 78% connection
the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.
Oxidation state
noun · 78% connection
the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, related, xylene, specifically.