Pentyl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See amyl.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Either of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C5H11, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as amyl.
  • Word Usage
    "I'm not even remotely familiar with chemistry... but here's what I found: Amyl acetate also pentyl ethanoate, pentyl acetate is an organic compound and an ester with the chemical formula CH3COOC5H11 and the molecular weight 130.18 g/mol."
    Variant
    amyl   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amyl