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TOLUYL
Etymology
Noun
toluyl (plural toluyls)
(chemistry) Any of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.
Source: Wiktionary
Tol"u*yl, n. Etym: [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Definition: Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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