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-ylidene

/ˈɪl.ɪ.diːn/

-ylidene suffix: bivalent radical derived especially from a saturated hydrocarbon by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom or the removal of the oxygen atom of an aldehyde.

Suffix

-ylidene

  1. Bivalent radical derived especially from a saturated hydrocarbon by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom or the removal of the oxygen atom of an aldehyde.
    • citrylidene

Origin of -ylidene

From -yl + -idene.

Questions about -ylidene

What does -ylidene mean?
-ylidene means bivalent radical derived especially from a saturated hydrocarbon by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom or the removal of the oxygen atom of an aldehyde.
What part of speech is -ylidene?
-ylidene is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -ylidene?
-ylidene is pronounced /ˈɪl.ɪ.diːn/.

Words near -ylidene in the dictionary

  1. -xor
  2. -y
  3. -yer
  4. -yl
  5. -ylene
  6. -ylidene
  7. -yne
  8. -z
  9. -zepine
  10. -zilla
  11. -zoan

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