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ETHANAL TRIMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethanal trimer mean?
• ETHANAL TRIMER (noun)
The noun ETHANAL TRIMER has 1 sense:
1. a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
Familiarity information: ETHANAL TRIMER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
ethanal trimer; paraldehyde
Hypernyms ("ethanal trimer" is a kind of...):
aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)
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