amyl








adjective

  1. containing an amyl group; pentyl.

noun

  1. an amyl group.

  1. variant of amylo-, especially before a vowel.

noun

  1. (modifier, no longer in technical usage) of, consisting of, or containing any of eight isomeric forms of the monovalent group C 5 H 11amyl group or radical See also pentyl
n.

hydrocarbon radical, 1850, from Latin amylum, from Greek amylon “fine meal, starch,” noun use of neuter of adjective amylos “not ground at the mill, ground by hand,” from a-, privative prefix, “not” + myle “mill” (see mill (n.1)). So called because first obtained from the distilled spirits of potato or grain starch (though it also is obtained from other sources).

n.

  1. The univalent organic radical, C5H11, occurring in many organic compounds in eight isomeric forms.pentyl

  1. The radical C5H11, derived from pentane. Amyl occurs in eight isomeric forms. Also called pentyl
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