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A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.

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  1. n. A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
  2. n. the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
  3. A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
  4. A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of oneatom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part ofthe hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
  5. n:100 n. the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols