Phenogram
[fee-nuh-gram] /ˈfi nəˌgræm/
noun, Biology.
1.
a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
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[fee-nawl, -nol] /ˈfi nɔl, -nɒl/ noun, Chemistry. 1. Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis. 2. any analogous hydroxyl derivative of […]
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[feen-l-eyt] /ˈfin lˌeɪt/ noun 1. Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa. verb (used with object), phenolated, phenolating. 2. to treat, impregnate, or disinfect with phenol; carbolize. /ˈfiːnəˌleɪt/ verb 1. (transitive) Also carbolize. to treat or disinfect with phenol noun 2. another name (not in technical usage) […]
- Phenolated
[feen-l-ey-tid] /ˈfin lˌeɪ tɪd/ adjective, Chemistry. 1. containing ; carbolated. [feen-l-eyt] /ˈfin lˌeɪt/ noun 1. Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa. verb (used with object), phenolated, phenolating. 2. to treat, impregnate, or disinfect with phenol; carbolize. /ˈfiːnəˌleɪt/ verb 1. (transitive) Also carbolize. to treat or disinfect […]
- Phenol-coefficient
noun, Chemistry. 1. the number indicating the effectiveness of a disinfectant as a germicide relative to phenol, which is arbitrarily assigned the number 1: based on the time required to kill a given quantity of a specific type of bacteria. phenol coefficient n. See Rideal-Walker coefficient.
- Phenolic
[fee-nawl, -nol] /ˈfi nɔl, -nɒl/ noun, Chemistry. 1. Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis. 2. any analogous hydroxyl derivative of […]