Meaning

2 senses
  1. A specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.

    Various functional groups often occur in biomolecules.

    funktionelle Gruppe

    функциональная группаfunkcionalʹnaja gruppa

    функціональна групаfunkcionalʹna hrupa

  2. A collection of organisms of specific morphological, physiological, behavioral, biochemical properties.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Methyl is a functional group containing a carbon bonded to three hydrogen atoms, -CH3.

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  2. In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: functional groups

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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