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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 compoundsplay

  Familiarity information: AROMATIC COMPOUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AROMATIC COMPOUND (noun)


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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