Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The radical consisting of an atom of oxygen in combination with an atom of potassium (KO).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds.

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  • noun chemistry, archaic The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds.

Etymologies

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From potassium, oxygen, -yl.

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