tailgroup

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Etymology[edit]

tail +‎ group

Noun[edit]

tailgroup (plural tailgroups)

  1. (organic chemistry) A relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone of a molecule such as a surfactant
  2. (mathematics) The group of instances at the tail (low end) of a distribution curve

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