Meanings
nouncyclohexyl (plural cyclohexyls)
plural cyclohexyls
- chemistryThe univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Ancient Greekκυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)
- Classical Latincyclicu
- Middle Frenchcyclique
- Frenchcyclique
- Classical Latincyclicus
- Englishcyclic
- Englishcyclo-
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- Englishhex-
- Englishhexane
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishhexyl
- Englishcyclohexyl
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 环己基
- 环己基 (huánjǐjī)univalent radical derived from cyclohexane
Finnish sykloheksyyli
- sykloheksyyliunivalent radical derived from cyclohexane
Cite this entry
APA
cyclohexyl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexyl
MLA
“cyclohexyl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexyl. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclohexyl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclohexyl.
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