Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing one replaceable atom of hydrogen.
- adjective Containing one hydroxyl group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing one atom of hydrogen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Having a single replaceable
hydrogen atom - adjective organic chemistry Having a single
hydroxy group
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Examples
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Especially interesting appears the fact of plants utilising sugars for the esterification of acids, just as glycerol or monohydric alcohols may be employed for the same purpose.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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Mr W.D. Field groups the solvents of pyroxyline into classes thus: Two of the monohydric alcohols; compound ethers of the fatty acids with monohydric alcohols, aldehydes; simple and mixed ketones of the fatty acid series.
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