-yl Definition

əl
suffix
An organic acid radical.
Carbonyl.
American Heritage
affix
A monovalent hydrocarbon radical.
Ethyl.
Webster's New World
A radical containing oxygen.
Hydroxyl.
Webster's New World
An organic acid radical.
Benzoyl.
Webster's New World
symbol

(metrology) Symbol for the yoctoliter (yoctolitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10−24 liters (litres).

Wiktionary

(metrology) Symbol for the yottaliter (yottalitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 1024 liters (litres).

Wiktionary

Origin of -yl

  • French -yle from Greek hūlē wood, matter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

-yl Sentence Examples

  • Moreover, instead of having one pair of variables x i, x2 we may have several pairs yl, y2; z i, z2;...

  • If yl is known this gives 72.

  • Chem., 1832, 3, p. 2 49) is to be regarded as a most important contribution to the radical theory, for it was shown that a radical containing the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, which they named benzoyl (the termination yl coming from the Gr.

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