aldehyde

al·de·hyde  (ld-hd)

n.

1. Any of a class of highly reactive organic chemical compounds obtained by oxidation of primary alcohols, characterized by the common group CHO, and used in the manufacture of resins, dyes, and organic acids.

2. See acetaldehyde.

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[German Aldehyd, from New Latin al. dehyd., abbr. for alcohol dehydrogentum, dehydrogenized alcohol.]

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aldehyde

Noun

Chem any organic compound containing the group –CHO, derived from alcohol by oxidation [New Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenatum) dehydrogenated alcohol]

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aldehyde  (ld-hd)

Any of a class of highly reactive organic compounds obtained by oxidation of certain alcohols and containing the group CHO. Aldehydes are used in manufacturing resins, dyes, and organic acids.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aldehyde - any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids ethanal trimer, paraldehyde - a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent acetaldehyde, ethanal - a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical formaldehyde, methanal - a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol furfural, furfuraldehyde - a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde - a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars propanal, propionaldehyde - a colorless liquid aldehyde acrolein, propenal - a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene