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carbonyl definition

car·bonyl (kär′bə nil′)

noun

  1. the chemical group CO
  2. any of a wide variety of compounds containing this group, esp. certain metal compounds

Etymology: carbon + -yl

Related Forms:

  • carbonylic car′·bonyl′ic (-nil′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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