acetyl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acetyl	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acetyl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acetyl n the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acetyl \Ac"e*tyl\, n. [L. acetum vinegar + Gr. [?] substance. See {-yl}.] (Chem.) A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.