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trifunctional

American

[trahy-fuhngk-shuh-nl] / traɪˈfʌŋk ʃə nl /

adjective

Chemistry.

pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.

Etymology

Origin of trifunctional

First recorded in 1925–30; tri- + functional

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