hemiester

H4E1M3I1E1S1T1E1R1

noun

A monoester of a dicarboxylic acid

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhemiester (plural hemiesters)

plural hemiesters

  1. chemistryA monoester of a dicarboxylic acid

Origin

From hemi- + ester.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

hemiester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemiester

MLA

“hemiester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemiester. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemiester,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemiester.

Source: hemiester on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.