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ALKYL HALIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane
Synonyms:
alkyl halide; haloalkane
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("alkyl halide" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alkyl halide"):
haloform (compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom)
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