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-yne

-yne suffix: an unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.

Suffix

-yne

  1. An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.
  2. A polymer derived from an alkyne.

Origin of -yne

Contracted from the suffix -ylene of acetylene

Questions about -yne

What does -yne mean?
-yne means an unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.
What part of speech is -yne?
-yne is a suffix.

Words near -yne in the dictionary

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

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