general formula
suomi-englanti sanakirjageneral formula englanniksi
(''chemistry'') The formula of a class of compounds in which actual numbers are represented by ''x'', ''n'' etc., and organic radicals are represented as ''Rn''
''The general formula for saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons is CnH2n+2 and the molecular formula for propane is C3H8''
''The general formula for alcohols is R-OH and the molecular formula for methanol is CH3-OH''