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Functional group
A specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.
📖 Definitions of "Functional group"
noun
- 1
A specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.
"Various functional groups often occur in biomolecules."
- 2
A collection of organisms of specific morphological, physiological, behavioral, biochemical properties.
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