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Meaning of "geranial" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GERANIAL

From gerani(um) + al(dehyde).
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PRONUNCIATION OF GERANIAL

geranial  [dʒɪˈreɪnɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERANIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geranial is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GERANIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Citral

Citral, or 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal or lemonal, is either a pair, or a mixture of terpenoids with the molecular formula C10H16O. The two compounds are double bond isomers. The E-isomer is known as geranial or citral A. The Z-isomer is known as neral or citral B.

Definition of geranial in the English dictionary

The definition of geranial in the dictionary is the cis- isomer of citral.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERANIAL


basicranial
ˌbæsɪˈkreɪnɪəl
calcaneal
kælˈkeɪnɪəl
cranial
ˈkreɪnɪəl
curvilineal
ˌkɜːvɪˈlɪnɪəl
domanial
dəʊˈmeɪnɪəl
endocranial
ˌɛndəʊˈkreɪnɪəl
extracranial
ˌekstrəˈkreɪnɪəl
finial
ˈfaɪnɪəl
interlineal
ˌɪntəˈlɪnɪəl
intracranial
ˌɪntrəˈkreɪnɪəl
lineal
ˈlɪnɪəl
matrilineal
ˌmætrɪˈlɪnɪəl
patrilineal
ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəl
pericranial
ˌperɪˈkreɪnɪəl
pineal
ˈpɪnɪəl
postcranial
ˌpəʊstˈkreɪnɪəl
subcranial
sʌbˈkreɪnɪəl
tineal
ˈtɪnɪəl
transcranial
trænzˈkreɪnɪəl
unlineal
ʌnˈlɪnɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERANIAL

ger.
Gera
gerah
Geraldton wax
Geraldton waxflower
geraniaceous
geraniol
geranium
gerardia
geratological
geratologist
geratology
gerbera
gerbil
gerbille
gerent
gerenuk
gerfalcon
Gergiev
geriatric

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERANIAL

bicentennial
biennial
centennial
ceremonial
colonial
congenial
denial
genial
intercolonial
leishmanial
matrimonial
menial
millennial
monial
neocolonial
patrimonial
perennial
post-colonial
testimonial
venial

Synonyms and antonyms of geranial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geranial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GERANIAL

Find out the translation of geranial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of geranial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geranial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

香叶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geranial
570 millions of speakers

English

geranial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geranial
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

geranial
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гераниал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geranial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

geranial
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

géranial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geranial
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゲラニアール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geranial
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geranial
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geranial
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रीनलयल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geranial
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geranial
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geranial
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гераніал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geranial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γερανιάλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geranial
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geranial
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geranial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geranial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERANIAL»

The term «geranial» is normally little used and occupies the 148.897 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GERANIAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «geranial» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «geranial» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geranial

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERANIAL»

Discover the use of geranial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geranial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Food Flavors and Chemistry: Advances of the New Millennium
We therefore propose that geranial is oxidized from geraniol by the endogenous enzyme system in ginger. We also investigated the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH ) activity toward geraniol in a crude enzymatic system. The measurement of ...
Arthur M. Spanier, 2001
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Pheromones: Current Research
Neral and geranial, the two stereoisomers of citral, had identical retention times when analysed on the two stationary phases. Neral, the m-isomer of citral, which elutes before geranial on polar columns (Kingston, 1962), constitutes about 33 ...
‎1974
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A Fragrant Introduction to Terpenoid Chemistry
Nowadays we refer to them as geranial and neral. These names are derived from the alcohols, geraniol and nerol, respectively, which are produced on reduction of the two. Their structures are shown in Figure 3.8. The figure also shows how ...
Charles Sell, 2003
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Pharmacognosy And Pharmacobiotechnology
Separation ofGeranial (Citral-a) and Neral (Citral-b) Tiemann* observed that geranial may be obtained free from ... by taking the strategic advan-tage of the fact that the crystalline sodium bisulphite adduct of geranial is sparingly soluble, ...
Ashutosh Kar, 2003
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Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress
Table 1 Alarm pheromone activity of a nymphal body of Nothrus palustris and geranial Time after Number of mites staying in the test circle introduction of Geranial (ng) sample (min.) Control 0.1 1 10 100 Squashed mite body 0 20 20 20 20 20 ...
DE Walter, H Proctor, RA Norton, 2001
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Advances in Insect Chemical Ecology
The evidence suggests that for those species which use neral t2). geranial t6). or neryl formate tI) as alarm pheromones. the presence of IZ)- or t£)-allylic double bonds in the molecules are essential for biological activity. ln total. 4l out of 6l ...
Ring T. Cardé, Jocelyn G. Millar, 2004
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Advances in Flavours and Fragrances: From the Sensation to ...
They found that although the sum of citronellal, neral and geranial remained approximately constant, neral and geranial were converted to citronellal as the leaf aged. The varied oil composition of melissa is of distinct importance for the ...
Karl A. D. Swift, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), 2002
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Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments
Geranial and neral are geometric isomers. Steam distillation: the isolation of heat -sensitive compounds. These natural terpenes all arise from a common precursor : isopentenyl pyrophosphate. At one time, these were thought to come from the ...
Kenneth Williamson, Katherine Masters, 2010
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Organic Chemistry
In the following example, geraniol, a primary terpene alcohol, is oxi— dized to geranial without affecting either carbon—carbon double bond. Geraniol Geranial PCC does not oxidize aldehydes further because the PCC reagent is not used in  ...
William Brown, Brent Iverson, Eric Anslyn, 2013
10
Kirk-Othmer Chemical Technology of Cosmetics
... linalool Lemon oil Citrus limon Fruit rind Expression Limonene, geranial, neral Lemon petit- grain oil Citrus limon Leaf, branch SD Limonene, b-pinene, geranial Lemongrass oil Cymbopogon citratus Herb SD Geranial, neral Lemongrass oil ...
Kirk-Othmer, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERANIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term geranial is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trouble sleeping? Try lemon balm
Lemon balm contains the essential oils citronella, neral and geranial, as well tannins and the flavonoid cumarin. It can be added to iced tea for ... «The News-Press, Jun 15»
2
Tomatoes with taste: Real 'vine-ripened' flavor
It seems that one compound in particular, known as geranial, is more abundant in heirloom varieties. In contrast, standard supermarket ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
3
Chemical Composition Of Ginger Revealed, Health Benefits Cited
These oils are geranial, neral, 1,8-cineole, zingiberene, β-bisabolene and β-sesquiphellandren which are antioxidants that battle free radicals ... «Youth Health Magzine, Oct 14»
4
In Search of the Great American Beer
... difference between the American and European varieties is that there are certain compounds in those American varieties, such as geranial, ... «Smithsonian, Jul 14»
5
The correct spelling of perfume: poison
Even so-called "natural" perfumes or colognes often contain an additive called geraniol, safe by itself but transformed into the allergen geranial ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jan 14»
6
In pursuit of the perfect tomato
Others (such as geranial) which had been regarded as marginal contributors were actually key to good flavour. At the same time, scientists are ... «Financial Times, Mar 13»
7
My Perfume Nightmare
Apparently, my immune system is not a fan of the widely used fragrance in perfumes, geranial. Geranial gives off a sweet floral and rose odor. «Huffington Post, Feb 13»
8
Molecular Gastronomy Cooks Up Strange Plate-Fellows
Klee's lab has been studying tomato flavor for years, and it just published a metabolomics study fingering geranial, a volatile compound that's ... «The Biological SCENE, Jun 12»
9
Tomato chemists crowdsource the best flavours
On the other hand, geranial was considered less important but correlated strongly with the highest-rated tomatoes and enhanced sweetness. «Wired.co.uk, May 12»
10
Dollars and Scents: The Chemistry of a Delicious Tomato
In contrast, a less prevalent volatile compound named geranial made a huge difference to tomato flavor. Klee noticed that many of the tomatoes ... «Scientific American, May 12»

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