"butyl" meaning in English

See butyl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbjuːtɪl/, /ˈbjuːtaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-butyl.wav Forms: butyls [plural]
Etymology: From butane + -yl. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷṓws|*tewh₂-}}, {{suffix|en|butane|yl}} butane + -yl Head templates: {{en-noun}} butyl (plural butyls)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9): butil [masculine] (Catalan), butyyli (Finnish), Butyl [neuter] (German), butile [masculine] (Italian), butil [masculine] (Portuguese), butilo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), butil [masculine] (Romanian), butilo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-butyl-en-noun-WIFhV2wh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -yl, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -yl: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 69 31 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9': 96 4
  2. A synthetic rubber made by the polymerization of isobutylene.
    Sense id: en-butyl-en-noun-bbeU4rUb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "butyldimethylsilyl"
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      "word": "butylene"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "isobutylmethylxanthine"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "methyl t-butyl ether"
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      "word": "methyl tert-butyl ether"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "methyl tertiary butyl ether"
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