Aldehyde : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Aldehyde	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aldehyde n any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aldehyde \Al"dehyde\, n. [Abbrev. fr. alcohol dehydrogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation. Note: The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as common aldehyde* (called also {acetic aldehyde} or {ethyl aldehyde}), {C2H4O}; methyl aldehyde, {CH2O}.