benzoyl radical

1. 1.

   the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid

   Synonymsbenzoyl group

   Broadergroup

Questions about benzoyl radical

What does benzoyl radical mean?

benzoyl radical means "the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid".

What is another word for benzoyl radical?

Close synonyms include benzoyl group. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is benzoyl radical a common word?

benzoyl radical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.