aldehyde
noun/ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/
Etymology Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
- The air smells of strange, oceanic aldehydes.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 180:
- Derived terms
37 terms
acetic aldehyde, -al, alanine, aldazine, aldehyde oxidase, aldehydic, aldehydic acid, aldimine, aldol, amino aldehyde, aminoaldehyde, bioaldehyde, chinaldine, cinnamaldehyde, coniferyl aldehyde, crotonaldehyde, dialdehyde, glutaraldehyde, haloaldehyde, heteroaldehyde, isoaldehyde, ketoaldehyde, melon aldehyde, monoaldehyde, oxaldehyde, oxoaldehyde, pentanaldehyde, perillaldehyde, pivalaldehyde, polyaldehyde, selenoaldehyde, semialdehyde, strawberry aldehyde, syringaldehyde, thioaldehyde, trialdehyde, Zincke aldehyde- Related terms
- formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzaldehyde, ketone