Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hydroxyl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
A compound radical, or unsaturated group, {HO}, consisting of
one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a
characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen
acids, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hydroxyl
n : the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some
acids and alcohols [syn: {hydroxyl group}, {hydroxyl
radical}]
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