"butanol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butanols [plural]
Etymology: From butane + -ol. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|butane|ol}} butane + -ol Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} butanol (countable and uncountable, plural butanols)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH
    butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Translations (alcohol of butane): 丁醇 (ding¹ seon⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 丁醇 (dīngchún) (Chinese Mandarin), butanoli (Finnish), butanol [masculine] (French), Butanol [neuter] (German), butanolo [masculine] (Italian), butanol [masculine] (Portuguese), ácido butílico [masculine] (Portuguese), butanol [masculine] (Romanian), butanol [masculine] (Spanish), butanol [common-gender] (Swedish), bütanol (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-butanol-en-noun-KgI8rzpX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ol, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 21 21 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ol: 40 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 33 22 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 44 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 20 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 19 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 42 19 19 19 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'alcohol of butane': 32 25 22 22
  2. (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH
    butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH₃CH₂CH(CH₃)-OH
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-butanol-en-noun-NNnjo6Ve Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH
    2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂-OH
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-butanol-en-noun-J0FTdqPm Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  4. (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH
    1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH₃)₃C-OH
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-butanol-en-noun-saB4f3po Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biobutanol, ethambutol, kauri-butanol value

Inflected forms

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      "word": "butanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "alcohol of butane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ácido butílico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "alcohol of butane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "butanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "alcohol of butane",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "butanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "alcohol of butane",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "butanol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "alcohol of butane",
      "word": "bütanol"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "butanol"
  ],
  "word": "butanol"
}

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