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ol

adjectiveadjectivecommon in dialogue

(attributive)

adjective

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    (attributive)

    The authors hazard the guess that the oxolation of ol complexes would result in a loss of the reaction with neutral salts described in this paper.

    The OH groups in the complex are not ol groups but rather hydroxy groups which can add hydrogen ions thereupon being converted into aquo groups.

    This species with the hydroxo or ol bridges can react in the presence of added base as follows: […]

    In very acidic medium, the effect of gel coloring should disappear due to the condensation of the ol-group and the formation of oxy-polymers.

Etymology

From obsolete German Ol- (in Ol-Verbindungen and Olgruppen, coined by Alfred Werner in 1907), from -ol (“-ol”).

adjective

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    Variant of ol'Nonstandard form of ol'.

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