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ACETAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acetal mean? 

ACETAL (noun)
  The noun ACETAL has 1 sense:

1. any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde moleculesplay

  Familiarity information: ACETAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACETAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("acetal" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)


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