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Trivial name
Meaning
Noun
●
In Chemistry:
A
commonly
used, non-systematic
name
of a
chemical compound
. Trivial
names
for many
compound
s have been
in use
since long
before their
exact
chemical structures
were determined.
●
A non-systematic
name for
a
chemical element
(see
systematic
element
name
).
●
In Biology:
A
commonly
used, non-systematic
name for
an organism.
●
In Taxonomy:
A specific epithet.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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