\ ˈket \
plural ket
Definition of ket
(Entry 1 of 4)
ket
noun (2)
\ " \
plural ket
Definition of ket (Entry 2 of 4)
Scottish
: a fleece of wool
Ket
noun (3)
\ " \
plural Ket or Kets
Definition of Ket (Entry 3 of 4)
1a
: a people of the middle Yenisei region of Siberia
b
: a member of such people
2
: the Yeniseian language of the Ket people
ket-
combining form
variants:
or keto-
Definition of ket- (Entry 4 of 4)
1
usually keto-
a
: containing the ketone group
keto hexose
—in names of classes of compounds
— compare ald-
b
: containing a ketone group regarded as formed by replacement of two hydrogen atoms in a methylene group by oxygen
—in names of specific organic compounds ketopropionic acid
— compare ox-
c
usually italic
: containing an unmodified ketone group
—in names of open-chain ketonic forms of specific sugars keto-d-fructose
— compare aldehydo- sense 1
2
: related to a ketone
ketoxime
— compare ald-
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