Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being a hydrocarbon unit, C9H19, that can occur as a substituent in an organic compound or as an ion or radical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19-, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of very many
isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C9H19, formally derived fromnonane by the loss of ahydrogen atom.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I am not concerned what effect the active ingredient, methyl nonyl ketone, might have on the produce.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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I am not concerned what effect the active ingredient, methyl nonyl ketone, might have on the produce.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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I am not concerned what effect the active ingredient, methyl nonyl ketone, might have on the produce.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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I am not concerned what effect the active ingredient, methyl nonyl ketone, might have on the produce.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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By contrast, nonyl-phenoxy polyethoxy ethanol, the spermicide in a popular vaginal contraceptive cream, produced obvious irritation.
7 Medicinals 1992
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The oil contains some 90 per cent. limonene, together with nonyl alcohol, d-linalol, d-terpineol, citral, citronellal, decyl aldehyde, and methyl anthranilate.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The principal constituents of the oil are limonene and citral, together with small quantities of pinene, phellandrene, octyl and nonyl aldehydes, citronellal, geraniol, geranyl acetate, and the stearopten, citraptene.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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Alkylphenol ethoxylates (some common ones are: nonyl - and octylphenol ethoxylates, or non - and octoxynols)
Enviroblog Lisa Frack 2010
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