headgroup
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See also: head group
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]headgroup (plural headgroups)
- (organic chemistry) A bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone
- (mathematics) The group of instances at the head (high end) of a distribution curve