aldehyde

/ˌældəˈhaɪd/

Other forms: aldehydes

Definitions of aldehyde

1. noun

   any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
   types:

   ethanal trimer, paraldehyde

   a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent

   acetaldehyde, ethanal

   a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs

   formaldehyde, methanal

   a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

   furfural, furfuraldehyde

   a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent

   glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde

   a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars

   propanal, propionaldehyde

   a colorless liquid aldehyde

   acrolein, propenal

   a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene

   type of:

   organic compound

   any compound of carbon and another element or a radical