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Meaning of polyol | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɒlɪɒl

Definitions

Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.

Equivalents

Suomi polyoli
Français polyol

Examples

“a team at the Ames Research Center in California announced that the Murchison rock also contained complex strings of sugars called polyols, which had not been found off the Earth before.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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