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AROMATIC COMPOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aromatic compound mean?
• AROMATIC COMPOUND (noun)
The noun AROMATIC COMPOUND has 1 sense:
1. a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Familiarity information: AROMATIC COMPOUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("aromatic compound" is a kind of...):
hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)
Context examples
Aryl are radicals derived from an aromatic compound by removal of a hydrogen atom.
(Alkyltransferase and Aryltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)
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