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adj
Of or pertaining to a compound containing an assembly or substructure of two aromatic rings or aryl groups, if joined by a single bond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, in-compounds, not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Any compound containing a substructure that is an assembly of two aromatic rings or aryl groups, if joined by a single bond.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Late Latin arōmaticusder. Old French aromatique Middle Frenchbor. Middle English English aromatic Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English aryl English biaryl From bi- + aryl.
