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hexadecyne

hexadecyne noun: any aliphatic acetylene that has sixteen carbon atoms.

Noun

hexadecyne

  1. Any aliphatic acetylene that has sixteen carbon atoms

Origin of hexadecyne

From hexadec- + -yne.

Questions about hexadecyne

What does hexadecyne mean?
Hexadecyne means any aliphatic acetylene that has sixteen carbon atoms.
What part of speech is hexadecyne?
Hexadecyne is a noun.

Words near hexadecyne in the dictionary

  1. hexadecyl
  2. hexadecylamine
  3. hexadecyloxymethyl
  4. hexadecyls
  5. hexadecyltrimethylammonium
  6. hexadecyne
  7. hexadentate
  8. hexadentated
  9. hexadeoxynucleotide
  10. hexadeoxynucleotides
  11. hexadepsipeptide

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