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substitution reaction

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a reaction in which one functional group is replaced with another

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: reacció de substitució — reaction
  • Chinese Cantonese: 取代反應 /取代反应 (ceoi2 doi6 faan2 jing3) — reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 取代反應 /取代反应 (qǔdài fǎnyìng) — reaction
  • Dutch: substitutiereactie — reaction
  • Galician: reacción de substitución — reaction
  • German: Substitutionsreaktion — reaction
  • Hungarian: helyettesítéses reakció — reaction
  • Indonesian: reaksi substitusi — reaction
  • Italian: reazione di sostituzione — reaction
  • Japanese: 置換反応 (chikan hannō) — reaction
  • Korean: 치환 반응 (chihwan baneung) — reaction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: substitusjonsreaksjon — reaction
  • Portuguese: reação de substituição — reaction
  • Romanian: reacție de substituție — reaction
  • Spanish: reacción de sustitución — reaction
  • Swedish: substitutionsreaktion — reaction
  • Turkish: sübstitüsyon — reaction
  • Vietnamese: phản ứng thế — reaction