Butyl

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Butyl \Bu"tyl\, n. [L. butyrum butter + -yl. See {Butter}.]
     (Chem.)
     A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of
     hydrogen.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  butyl
       n : a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)