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cumulene

cumulene noun: any hydrocarbon (or derivative) having three or more cumulative double bonds; e.g., R₂C=C=C=CR₂.

Noun

cumulene (plural cumulenes)

  1. Any hydrocarbon (or derivative) having three or more cumulative double bonds; e.g., R₂C=C=C=CR₂.

Forms of cumulene

pluralcumulenes

Words formed from cumulene

Questions about cumulene

What does cumulene mean?
Cumulene means any hydrocarbon (or derivative) having three or more cumulative double bonds; e.g., R₂C=C=C=CR₂.
What part of speech is cumulene?
Cumulene is a noun.
What is the plural of cumulene?
The plural of cumulene is cumulenes.

Words near cumulene in the dictionary

  1. cumulative frequency polygon
  2. cumulative frequency polygons
  3. cumulative voting
  4. cumulatively
  5. cumulativeness
  6. cumulene
  7. cumulenes
  8. cumulenic
  9. cumuli
  10. cumuli oophori
  11. cumuliform

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