"hexanal" meaning in English

See hexanal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hexanals [plural]
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  1. (organic chemistry) Any saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms, but especially n-hexanal. Tags: countable, uncountable
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Inflected forms

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