English Explanatory Dictionary

parent compound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.

Word forms

parent compound parent compounds

Etymology

From parent + compound.

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