Thesaurus: aldehyde
A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
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- n. A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
- n. any of a class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/highly">highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
- A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation. Note: The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as common aldehyde (called also acetic aldehyde or ethyl aldehyde), C2H4O; methyl aldehyde, CH2O. Aldehyde ammonia (Chem.), a compound formed by the union of aldehyde with ammonia.
- A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained fromalcohol by certain of oxidation.
- n:100 n. any of a class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/highly">highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids