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trifunctional

[ trahy-fuhngk-shuh-nl ]

adjective

, Chemistry.
  1. pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trifunctional1

First recorded in 1925–30; tri- + functional

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