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Meaning of Substituent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
[sʌbˈstɪtʃuənt]

Definitions

  1. Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
  2. Pro-form.

Equivalents

العربية البديل
Deutsch Substituent
Français substituent
Gaeilge ionadán
Italiano sostituente

Examples

“Other highly effective heterocyclic substituents were pyrazinyl and quinoxalyl.”
“From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).”
“In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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