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Aldehyde has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

2

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.

See Also
formyl aldolization reactive oxymethylene swern oxidation octadienal butyraldehyde acetaldehyde
Related Terms
formyl aldolization reactive oxymethylene swern oxidation octadienal butyraldehyde acetaldehyde dinitrophenylhydrazine botrydial acrylaldehyde heptadienal stearaldehyde radical octenal decarbonylase hexenal cuminol hydramide nonanal
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic compound
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
paraldehyde acetaldehyde formaldehyde furfural glyceraldehyde propanal propenal
Rhyming Words
hyde wyde tyde lyde oxyde zayde clyde mcbryde bebroyde naugahyde dialdehyde inverclyde oxaldehyde trialdehyde metaldehyde paraldehyde strathclyde oxoaldehyde isoaldehyde lactaldehyde
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