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alkoxide
[ al-kok-sahyd, -sid ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a compound formed from an alcohol by the replacement of the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group with a metal, as sodium methoxide, CH 3 ONa, from methyl alcohol, CH 3 OH.
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