"decyl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decyls [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English decane Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English decyl From decane + -yl. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|decane|-yl|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English decane Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English decyl [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "French", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swel-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῡ̔́λη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-yl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "decyl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="decyl"> From decane + -yl. Head templates: {{en-noun}} decyl (plural decyls)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom Derived forms: decylic, decylmaltoside, decylplastoquinone, dequalinium, hexdecyl, iododecyl, isodecyl, monodecyl, tridecyl

Inflected forms

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