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Definition: Acetyl |
AcetylNoun1. The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acetyl" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Acetyl \Ac"e*tyl\, noun. [Latin expression acetum vinegar Greek expression substance. See -yl.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ACP | English | Acetyl Carrier Protein | Biology & Biotechnology, Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
O=C- | CH3
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Acetyl."
Synonyms: AcetylSynonyms: acetyl group (n), acetyl radical (n), ethanoyl group (n), ethanoyl radical (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Acetyl |
| English words defined with "acetyl": acetyl chloride, acetyl group, acetyl radical, acetylate, acetylation, acetylise, acetylize, acyl, acyl group ♦ citric acid cycle ♦ Krebs citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle ♦ tricarboxylic acid cycle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "acetyl": Acetate-CoA Ligase, acetyl aminophenol, acetyl cellulose, Acetyl Coenzyme A, Acetylcarnitine, Acetyltransferases, Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase ♦ Netropsin ♦ paracetamol. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | At the cognitive level, alterations in neural networks and neurotransmitter systems (especially ones involving the transmitters acetyl choline, dopamine, and serotonin) can affect cognition and behavior. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Acetyl" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acetyl" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "acetyl": acetyl aminophenol ♦ acetyl cellulose ♦ acetyl chloride ♦ Acetyl Coenzyme A ♦ acetyl group ♦ acetyl radical. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "acetyl": acetyl-acrylic acid, acetyl-ala-ala-pro-ala-amc, acetyl-ala-ala-pro-ala-amidomethylcoumarin, Acetyl-CoA, Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase, Acetyl-CoA C-Acyltransferase, Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, Acetyl-CoA Hydrolase, acetyl-Leu-Leu-norleucinal, acetyl-propionic. | |
Ending with "acetyl": n-acetyl. | |
Containing "acetyl": N-acetyl cysteine. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "acetyl"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 乙酰基. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | acetylperoxid (acetyl peroxide), acetyl-coenzym A (acetyl coenzyme A), acetyl-CoA-carboxylase (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), acetyl-cholinesterase (acetyl-cholinesterase), Acetylchlorid (Acetyl chloride), acetyl cystein (acetyl cystein), celluloseacetat (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | acetylperoxyde (acetyl peroxide), acetylgetal (acetyl value), acetyl-coenzym A (acetyl coenzyme A), acetyl-CoA-carboxylase (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A), acetyl-choline-esterase (acetyl-cholinesterase), Acetylchloride (Acetyl chloride), acetylcellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acetyl cysteine (acetyl cystein), acetyl- (acetyl-), geactiveerd azijnzuur (acetyl coenzyme A), celluloseacetaat (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asetyylikoentsyymi-A-karboksylaasi (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), asetyylikoentsyymi A (acetyl coenzyme A). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acetylcellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acetocellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acétyl-coenzyme A (acetyl coenzyme A), acétyl-CoA-carboxylase (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), acétyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A), acétyl-cholinestérase (acetyl-cholinesterase), acétyl-cellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acétyl cystéine (acetyl cystein), acétyl aminophénol (acetyl aminophenol), acétate de cellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acétate actif (acetyl coenzyme A), peroxyde d'acétyle (acetyl peroxide), indice d'acétyle (acetyl value), Chlorure d'acétyle (Acetyl chloride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Azetylzahl (acetyl value), AMS (Acetyl muramic acid, aeronautical mobile service), Acetylzellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), Acetylperoxid (acetyl peroxide), Acetylmuraminsaeure (Acetyl muramic acid), Acetyl-Coenzym A (acetyl coenzyme A), Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A), Acetylcholinesterase (A C H, acetyl-cholinesterase), Acetylchlorid (Acetyl chloride), Acetylcellulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), Acetyl cysteine (acetyl cystein), N-acetyl-para-aminophenol (acetyl aminophenol, N-acetyl-para-aminophenol), Celluloseacetate (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακετύλιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ecetsavgyök. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Acetile cloruro (Acetyl chloride), acetil-colinesterasi (A C H, acetyl-cholinesterase), acetilcoenzima A (acetyl coenzyme A), acetil-CoA-carbossilasi (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), acetilcellulosa (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acetil cisteina (acetyl cystein), acetato attivo (acetyl coenzyme A), valore di acetile (acetyl value), perossido di acetile (acetyl peroxide), N-acetil-p-amminofenolo (acetyl aminophenol), Cloruro di acetile (Acetyl chloride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 塩化アセチル (acetyl chloride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | え"かアセチル (acetyl chloride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acetylay acetil-coenzima A (acetyl coenzyme A), acetil-CoA-carboxilase (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase), acetilcelulose (acetyl cellulose, cellulose acetate), acetil Co-A (acetyl coenzyme A), acetil cisteína (acetyl cystein), peróxido de acetilo (acetyl peroxide), indice de acetilo (acetyl value). (various references) ацетил. (various references) acetilo. (various references) acetylkoenzym A (acetyl coenzyme A), acetyl-CoA-karboxylas (acetyl-CoA-carboxylase). (various references) ацетіл. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acetyl": acetylate, acetylated, acetylates, acetylating, acetylation, acetylations, acetylative, acetylcholine, acetylcholines, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterases, acetylene, acetylenes, acetylenic, acetylic, acetyls, acetylsalicylate, acetylsalicylates. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "acetyl": biacetyl, diacetyl. (additional references) | |
Words containing "acetyl": biacetyls, diacetyls, oxyacetylene. (additional references) | |
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"Acetyl" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acetal, acety, acey, acity, Actel, adenyl, asity, cetyl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "acetyl" (pronounced 'Ac"e*tyl'): Butyl, Cetyl, Dibutyl, Didactyl, Discodactyl, Hemidactyl, Heptyl, Hermodactyl, heterodactyl, Lactyl, Leptodactyl, Macrodactyl, Mesityl, Monocotyl, Octyl, Pachydactyl, Pentyl, Perissodactyl, Pterodactyl, Thecodactyl, Tridactyl, Tridactyle, Trityl. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-t-y" | |
-1 letter: cleat, eclat, lacey, lycea. | |
-2 letters: acyl, alec, cate, celt, clay, lace, lacy, late, tace, tael, talc, tale, teal, tela. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ate, aye, cat, cay, cel, eat, eta, lac, lat, lay, lea, let, ley, lye, tae, tea, tel, tye, yea, yet. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, at, ay, el, et, la, ta, ya, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: acetyls, acolyte, acutely, acylate, ectypal, exactly, latency, treacly. | |
+2 letters: abjectly, acetoxyl, acetylic, acolytes, acrylate, actively, acylated, acylates, biacetyl, calotype, calycate, calypter, catalyze, cattleya, chastely, clattery, clayiest, clypeate, diacetyl, eucalypt, facetely, latchkey, literacy, rectally, secantly. | |
+3 letters: acetoxyls, acetylate, acetylene, acrylates, aliteracy, anciently, arcuately, biacetyls, calotypes, calypters, catalepsy, catalyses, catalyzed, catalyzer, catalyzes, cataplexy, cattleyas, centrally, certainly, coevality, cognately, connately, cordately, cyclamate, diacetyls, electuary, ethically, eucalypti, eucalypts, exultancy, inexactly, latchkeys, peccantly, petulancy, playacted, specialty, tactilely, teachably, teacherly, telically, thylacine, wyliecoat. | |
+4 letters: acceptably, acceptedly, accidently, accurately, acetylated, acetylates, acetylenes, acetylenic, adjacently, affectedly, archetypal, autecology, catalyzers, centrality, chalybeate, chocolatey, clearstory, coequality, covalently, creatively, creaturely, creditably, crystalize, curatively, cyclamates, decadently, delectably, delicately, detachably, detachedly, elasticity, emetically, erotically, escalatory, ethicality, ethnically, eucalyptol, eucalyptus, exactingly, exotically, expectably, flatulency, flycatcher, hectically, hysterical, illiteracy, inactively, inchoately, lectionary, legitimacy, lexicality, melanocyte, metrically, noticeably, phylactery, poetically, polychaete, reactively, reluctancy, salicylate, secularity, societally, speciality, spectrally, sterically, subacutely, tactlessly, thetically, thylacines, tracklayer, unchastely, vertically, vocatively, wyliecoats. | |
+5 letters: accentually, acceptingly, acetylating, acetylation, acetylative, acropetally, adjectively, affectingly, affectively, amylopectin, ancestrally, anecdotally, anticruelty, anticyclone, aphetically, ascendantly, ascetically, aseptically, autocephaly, bacterially, calefactory, calorimetry, carboxylate, causatively, celebratory, celestially, cellularity, centrically, certifiably, chalybeates, circinately, cleistogamy, colinearity, combatively, conjugately, corporately, counterplay, crystalized, crystalizes, crystalline, crystallise, crystallite, crystallize, cutaneously, cytomegalic, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatedly, deistically, dialectally, ectopically, educability, effectually, eidetically, ejaculatory, elastically, electorally, eristically, erratically, eschatology, eucalyptole, eucalyptols, evocatively, exclamatory, exculpatory, expectantly, explicatory, facetiously, factitively, factorylike, flycatchers, gametically, genetically, genotypical, glycerinate, glycosylate, granulocyte, heretically, hypocentral, identically, incessantly, ineluctably, intercalary, intricately, kinetically, lieutenancy, lucratively, lycanthrope, maledictory, matchlessly, meiotically, melanocytes, metonymical, mimetically, multiagency, myelopathic, peculiarity, polychaetes, predictably, pterodactyl, reluctantly, respectably, salicylates, sectionally, skeptically, specularity, subjacently, subliteracy, syllabicate, symmetrical, technically, tenaciously, tetanically, thermically, tonetically, tracklayers, trenchantly, typicalness, uncertainly, valedictory, vectorially, verticality, viceroyalty. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 65 74 79 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. . - -.--. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01100101 01110100 01111001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c e t y l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0065 0074 0079 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356971869178 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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