phenolic

/ (fɪˈnɒlɪk) /


adjective
  1. of, containing, or derived from phenol

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How to use phenolic in a sentence

  • This is also an acid or phenolic dye, as a glance at its formula will show you.

  • It was found that nitrosodimethylaniline reacted in a similar way with other phenolic or with amidic compounds.

    Coal | Raphael Meldola
  • A phenolic condensation product closely related to bakelite and redmanol is condensite, the invention of Jonas Walter Aylesworth.

    Creative Chemistry | Edwin E. Slosson
  • One of the hydroxyl groups has phenolic functions, the other alcoholic functions.

    Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth
  • This interesting reaction points very decidedly to the phenolic character of morphine.

    Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth