| NOUN | substance | aldehyde | any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds |
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| Meaning | Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids. | |
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| Narrower | acetaldehyde, ethanal | A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs |
| formaldehyde, methanal | A colorless poisonous gas | |
| furfural, furfuraldehyde | A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor | |
| glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde | A sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars | |
| paraldehyde, ethanal trimer | A colorless liquid / liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent | |
| propanal, propionaldehyde | A colorless liquid aldehyde | |
| propenal, acrolein | A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene | |
| Broader | organic compound | Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
| Spanish | aldehído | |
| Catalan | aldehid | |
| Adjectives | aldehydic | of or related to or containing aldehydes |
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