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What (who) is -ol - definition
SUFFIX IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
![Structure of the hydroxyl (-OH) [[functional group]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alcohol general.svg?width=200 "Structure of the hydroxyl (-OH) [[functional group]]")
-ol
·- A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, ·etc.
-ol
¦ suffix Chemistry forming names of organic compounds.
1. denoting alcohols and phenols: retinol.
2. denoting oils and oil-derived compounds: benzol.
Origin
sense 1 from (alcoh)ol; sense 2 from L. oleum 'oil'. See also -ole.
-ol
The suffix –ol is used in organic chemistry principally to form names of organic compounds containing the hydroxyl (–OH) group, mainly alcohols (also phenol). The suffix was extracted from the word alcohol.
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-ol
The suffix –ol is used in organic chemistry principally to form names of organic compounds containing the hydroxyl (–OH) group, mainly alcohols (also phenol). The suffix was extracted from the word alcohol.
The suffix also appears in some trivial names with reference to oils (from Latin oleum, oil). Examples of this sense of the suffix include phenol, eugenol, urushiol, and menthol.
Examples of use of -ol
1. "In the good–ol‘–bad–ol‘–Soviet–ol‘ days, I got the job for fairly poor reasons," he said.
2. Sunnis and Shiites, soldiers and tribal leaders, young and ol...
3. "Agents who were known participants in the Good Ol‘ Boy Roundup were promoted," Moore said.
4. The opposite happened. –Said he wants to make money – replenishing the ol‘ coffers‘‘ – after his presidency.
5. London, apparently, defied the bombers through recourse to the good ol’ Blitz spirit.