BUTYLATE

butylate

(verb) introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

butylate (third-person singular simple present butylates, present participle butylating, simple past and past participle butylated)

(organic chemistry) To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule

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Word of the Day

23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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