Definition of "hexyl" []

• The hydrocarbon radical, C6H13, having valence 1. (noun)

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• "The letter alleged workers had been harmed by a chemical called hexyl hydride, used in manufacturing touch screens for Apple products."
• "Normal butyric acid or fermentation butyric acid is found in butter, as an hexyl ester in the oil of _Heracleum giganteum_ and as an octyl ester in parsnip (_Pastinaca sativa_); it has also been noticed in the fluids of the flesh and in perspiration."
• "Wintek, owner of the factory in east China's Suzhou industrial park, said it has reserved 10 million yuan for compensation to the workers affected by the chemical hexyl hydride, and will pay more if the illness continues."