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dicyclopentadiene

dicyclopentadiene noun: an unsaturated tricyclic hydrocarbon 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene produced in the cracking of naphtha.

Noun

dicyclopentadiene (plural dicyclopentadienes)

  1. An unsaturated tricyclic hydrocarbon 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene produced in the cracking of naphtha

Forms of dicyclopentadiene

pluraldicyclopentadienes

Questions about dicyclopentadiene

What does dicyclopentadiene mean?
Dicyclopentadiene means an unsaturated tricyclic hydrocarbon 3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene produced in the cracking of naphtha.
What part of speech is dicyclopentadiene?
Dicyclopentadiene is a noun.
What is the plural of dicyclopentadiene?
The plural of dicyclopentadiene is dicyclopentadienes.

Words near dicyclopentadiene in the dictionary

  1. dicyclohexylcarbodiimides
  2. dicyclohexylphenylphosphine
  3. dicyclohexylurea
  4. dicyclohexylureas
  5. dicyclomine
  6. dicyclopentadiene
  7. dicyclopentadienes
  8. dicyclopentadienyl
  9. dicyclopropanated
  10. dicycloverine
  11. dicycly

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