ent-

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See also: ent, Ent, ENT, ént, ënt, -ent, and ent.

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ent-

  1. (organic chemistry) enantiomeric
    Steviol is ent-13-hydroxykaur-16-en-19-oic acid.

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Etymology[edit]

From Old High German ant-, from Proto-West Germanic *anda-, from Proto-Germanic *andi-, *anþi-, representative of a combining form of "and".

Cognate with Middle Dutch ont- (Dutch ont-), Old English and-, ond- (English un-), Old Norse and- (Swedish an-), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳- (and-), Danish und-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛnt/, [ʔɛnt]
  • (file)

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ent-

  1. Inseparable verb prefix indicating removing something from the object, from, away from, off.
  2. Inseparable verb prefix indicating a conversion to the opposite, a reversion.
  3. Inseparable verb prefix indicating the beginning of something.
  4. In the nomenclature of organic chemistry (natural compounds), a sterochemical descriptor prefix (before entire compound name) meaning enantiomer.

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ent-

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