cyclohexyl
/ˌsaɪkləʊˈhɛksɪl/noun
cyclohexyl is a noun meaning “The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-H-E-X-Y-L, and it appears about once in every 41 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cyclohexyl is cyclohexyls.
What does cyclohexyl mean?
noun
- 1
The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cyclohexyl?
- /ˌsaɪkləʊˈhɛksɪl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cyclohexyl.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cyclohexyl
- cyclohexyls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cyclohexyl?
Cyclohexyl appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).