headgroup (English, noun)
expansion: headgroup (plural headgroups)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The group of instances at the head (high end) of a distribution curve
Forms:
form: headgroups
tags: plural
form: head group
tags: alternative