captan
English
editNoun
editcaptan (uncountable)
- A particular phthalimide fungicide.
- 1961, New Zealand Wheat Review, numbers 8-15, page 38:
- Control can be achieved by dusting or slurry-treating the seed wheat with one of a number of fungicides that are available. Those recommended are all non-mercurials and include formulations based on captan, benquinox, and methyl arsenic sulphide.
- (organic chemistry) Ethyl mercaptan.
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editcaptan
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom English captain, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”).
Noun
editcaptan m (genitive singular captan, plural captanyn)
Derived terms
editMutation
edit| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| captan | chaptan | gaptan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Spanish
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