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dehydrogenation

UK/diːhaɪdˌɹɒdʒəˈneɪʃən/

dehydrogenation noun: any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.

Noun

dehydrogenation (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrogenations)

  1. Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.

dehydrogenation meaning in Tamil

dehydrogenation in Tamil

நீரக நீக்கம், ஹைடிரஜன் அகற்றல், ஹைட்ரஜன் நீக்கம், நீர்வளியகற்றல், ஐதரசநீக்கல்

Forms of dehydrogenation

pluraldehydrogenations

Origin of dehydrogenation

From de- + hydrogenation.

Words formed from dehydrogenation

Questions about dehydrogenation

What does dehydrogenation mean?
Dehydrogenation means any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.
What is dehydrogenation in Tamil?
Dehydrogenation in Tamil is நீரக நீக்கம், ஹைடிரஜன் அகற்றல், ஹைட்ரஜன் நீக்கம். See Dehydrogenation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dehydrogenation?
Dehydrogenation is a noun.
How do you pronounce dehydrogenation?
Dehydrogenation is pronounced /diːhaɪdˌɹɒdʒəˈneɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of dehydrogenation?
The plural of dehydrogenation is dehydrogenations.

Words near dehydrogenation in the dictionary

  1. dehydrogenases
  2. dehydrogenate
  3. dehydrogenated
  4. dehydrogenates
  5. dehydrogenating
  6. dehydrogenation
  7. dehydrogenations
  8. dehydrogenative
  9. dehydrogenatively
  10. dehydrogenisation
  11. dehydrogenise

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