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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oxalyl  \Ox"a*lyl\,  n.  [Oxalic  +  -yl.]  (Chem.) 
  a  A  hydrocarbon  radical  ({C2O2})  regarded  as  a  residue  of 
  oxalic  acid  and  occurring  in  derivatives  of  it 
  b  An  old  name  for  {carbonyl}. 
  c  An  old  name  for  {carboxyl}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Carboxyl  \Car*box"yl\,  n.  [Carbon  +  oxygen  +  -yl.]  (Chem.) 
  The  complex  radical,  {CO.OH},  regarded  as  the  essential  and 
  characteristic  constituent  which  all  oxygen  acids  of  carbon 
  (as  formic,  acetic,  benzoic  acids,  etc.)  have  in  common;  -- 
  called  also  {oxatyl}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  carboxyl 
  adj  :  (chemistry)  relating  to  or  containing  the  carboxyl  group  or 
  carboxyl  radical  [syn:  {carboxylic}] 
  n  :  the  univalent  radical  COOH;  present  in  and  characteristic  of 
  organic  acids  [syn:  {carboxyl  group}] 




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