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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 molecules
Familiarity information: ACETAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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