Farokcsoport

Farokcsoport is a Hungarian term meaning "tail group" and is formed from farok ("tail") and csoport ("group"). It is used as a generic label for the terminal portion of a larger entity, such as a molecule, sequence, or structural assembly. Because it is a non-technical compound noun, its exact meaning is context-dependent.

In chemistry and materials science, farokcsoport typically denotes the nonpolar tail portion of an amphiphilic molecule, for example a surfactant or lipid, as distinct from its polar head group. In biology and biochemistry, the term can refer to a tail domain or tail structure of a protein or other macromolecule, often related to localization, interaction, or assembly functions.

In other contexts, the phrase may be used more loosely to describe the end segment of a sequence, dataset, or structural model, again with meaning varying by field. Etymology: farok (tail) + csoport (group). See also: head group, functional group. References: general Hungarian dictionaries or field-specific glossaries for precise usage.